diff --git a/app/lib/request.rb b/app/lib/request.rb
index af49d6c77..e25b9026c 100644
--- a/app/lib/request.rb
+++ b/app/lib/request.rb
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class Request
             begin
               raise Mastodon::HostValidationError if PrivateAddressCheck.private_address?(IPAddr.new(address.to_s))
 
-              sock     = ::Socket.new(::Socket::AF_INET, ::Socket::SOCK_STREAM, 0)
+              sock     = ::Socket.new(address.is_a?(Resolv::IPv6) ? ::Socket::AF_INET6 : ::Socket::AF_INET, ::Socket::SOCK_STREAM, 0)
               sockaddr = ::Socket.pack_sockaddr_in(port, address.to_s)
 
               sock.setsockopt(::Socket::IPPROTO_TCP, ::Socket::TCP_NODELAY, 1)