1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/hostip4.c b/lib/hostip4.c
index e6ba710d8..750e0dd5a 100644
--- a/lib/hostip4.c
+++ b/lib/hostip4.c
@@ -131,6 +131,16 @@ Curl_addrinfo *Curl_ipv4_resolve_r(const char *hostname,
   struct in_addr in;
   struct hostent *buf = NULL;
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_IPV6
+  {
+    struct in6_addr in6;
+    /* check if this is an IPv6 address string */
+    if(Curl_inet_pton(AF_INET6, hostname, &in6) > 0)
+      /* This is an IPv6 address literal */
+      return Curl_ip2addr(AF_INET6, &in6, hostname, port);
+  }
+#endif /* ENABLE_IPV6 */
+
   if(Curl_inet_pton(AF_INET, hostname, &in) > 0)
     /* This is a dotted IP address 123.123.123.123-style */
     return Curl_ip2addr(AF_INET, &in, hostname, port);