diff --git a/hmy/api_backend.go b/hmy/api_backend.go
index 92141b2fb..143ccd333 100644
--- a/hmy/api_backend.go
+++ b/hmy/api_backend.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/core/types"
 )
 
-// APIBackend An implementation of Backend. Full client.
+// APIBackend An implementation of internal/hmyapi/Backend. Full client.
 type APIBackend struct {
 	hmy *Harmony
 }
@@ -201,3 +201,8 @@ func (b *APIBackend) GetBalance(address common.Address) (*hexutil.Big, error) {
 	balance, err := b.hmy.nodeAPI.GetBalanceOfAddress(address)
 	return (*hexutil.Big)(balance), err
 }
+
+// NetVersion returns net version
+func (b *APIBackend) NetVersion() uint64 {
+	return b.hmy.NetVersion()
+}
diff --git a/hmy/backend.go b/hmy/backend.go
index 49e14ddc5..c43704eec 100644
--- a/hmy/backend.go
+++ b/hmy/backend.go
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ type Harmony struct {
 	APIBackend   *APIBackend
 
 	nodeAPI NodeAPI
+
+	// aka network version, which is used to identify which network we are using
+	networkID uint64
 }
 
 // NodeAPI is the list of functions from node used to call rpc apis.
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ func New(nodeAPI NodeAPI, txPool *core.TxPool, eventMux *event.TypeMux) (*Harmon
 		chainDb:        chainDb,
 		bloomIndexer:   NewBloomIndexer(chainDb, params.BloomBitsBlocks, params.BloomConfirms),
 		nodeAPI:        nodeAPI,
+		networkID:      1, // TODO(ricl): this should be from config
 	}
 
 	hmy.APIBackend = &APIBackend{hmy}
@@ -67,3 +71,6 @@ func (s *Harmony) TxPool() *core.TxPool { return s.txPool }
 
 // BlockChain ...
 func (s *Harmony) BlockChain() *core.BlockChain { return s.blockchain }
+
+// NetVersion returns the network version, i.e. network ID identifying which network we are using
+func (s *Harmony) NetVersion() uint64 { return s.networkID }
diff --git a/internal/hmyapi/backend.go b/internal/hmyapi/backend.go
index ceafa5b99..cba2745be 100644
--- a/internal/hmyapi/backend.go
+++ b/internal/hmyapi/backend.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 // implementations:
 //   * hmy/api_backend.go
 type Backend interface {
+	// NOTE(ricl): this is not in ETH Backend inteface. They put it directly in eth object.
+	NetVersion() uint64
 	// General Ethereum API
 	// Downloader() *downloader.Downloader
 	ProtocolVersion() int
diff --git a/internal/hmyapi/net.go b/internal/hmyapi/net.go
index 4d9fdec09..8ff61a804 100644
--- a/internal/hmyapi/net.go
+++ b/internal/hmyapi/net.go
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ import (
 
 // PublicNetAPI offers network related RPC methods
 type PublicNetAPI struct {
-	net       p2p.Host
-	networkID uint64
+	net            p2p.Host
+	networkVersion uint64
 }
 
 // NewPublicNetAPI creates a new net API instance.
-func NewPublicNetAPI(net p2p.Host, networkID uint64) *PublicNetAPI {
-	return &PublicNetAPI{net, networkID}
+func NewPublicNetAPI(net p2p.Host, networkVersion uint64) *PublicNetAPI {
+	return &PublicNetAPI{net, networkVersion}
 }
 
 // PeerCount returns the number of connected peers
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (s *PublicNetAPI) PeerCount() hexutil.Uint {
 	return hexutil.Uint(s.net.GetPeerCount())
 }
 
-// NetworkID ...
-func (s *PublicNetAPI) NetworkID() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1) // TODO(ricl): we should add support for network id (https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC#net_version)
+// Version returns the network version, i.e. network ID identifying which network we are using
+func (s *PublicNetAPI) Version() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d", s.networkVersion) // TODO(ricl): we should add support for network id (https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC#net_version)
 }
diff --git a/node/rpc.go b/node/rpc.go
index d684f3764..d7b81360b 100644
--- a/node/rpc.go
+++ b/node/rpc.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ var (
 	httpEndpoint = ""
 	wsEndpoint   = ""
 
-	httpModules      = []string{"hmy"}
+	httpModules      = []string{"hmy", "net"}
 	httpVirtualHosts = []string{"*"}
 	httpTimeouts     = rpc.DefaultHTTPTimeouts
 
@@ -149,5 +149,11 @@ func (node *Node) APIs() []rpc.API {
 			Service:   filters.NewPublicFilterAPI(harmony.APIBackend, false),
 			Public:    true,
 		},
+		{
+			Namespace: "net",
+			Version:   "1.0",
+			Service:   hmyapi.NewPublicNetAPI(node.host, harmony.APIBackend.NetVersion()),
+			Public:    true,
+		},
 	}...)
 }