diff --git a/adb/socket_spec.cpp b/adb/socket_spec.cpp
index 98468b5..27e8c46 100644
--- a/adb/socket_spec.cpp
+++ b/adb/socket_spec.cpp
@@ -272,7 +272,9 @@
         if (hostname.empty() && gListenAll) {
             result = network_inaddr_any_server(port, SOCK_STREAM, error);
         } else if (tcp_host_is_local(hostname)) {
-            result = network_loopback_server(port, SOCK_STREAM, error);
+            result = network_loopback_server(port, SOCK_STREAM, error, true);
+        } else if (hostname == "::1") {
+            result = network_loopback_server(port, SOCK_STREAM, error, false);
         } else {
             // TODO: Implement me.
             *error = "listening on specified hostname currently unsupported";
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps/network.h b/adb/sysdeps/network.h
index 83ce371..fadd155 100644
--- a/adb/sysdeps/network.h
+++ b/adb/sysdeps/network.h
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 #include <string>
 
 int network_loopback_client(int port, int type, std::string* error);
-int network_loopback_server(int port, int type, std::string* error);
+int network_loopback_server(int port, int type, std::string* error, bool prefer_ipv4);
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps/posix/network.cpp b/adb/sysdeps/posix/network.cpp
index c5c2275..a4d9013 100644
--- a/adb/sysdeps/posix/network.cpp
+++ b/adb/sysdeps/posix/network.cpp
@@ -119,12 +119,15 @@
     return s.release();
 }
 
-int network_loopback_server(int port, int type, std::string* error) {
-    int rc = _network_loopback_server(false, port, type, error);
+int network_loopback_server(int port, int type, std::string* error, bool prefer_ipv4) {
+    int rc = -1;
+    if (prefer_ipv4) {
+        rc = _network_loopback_server(false, port, type, error);
+    }
 
-    // Only attempt to listen on IPv6 if IPv4 is unavailable.
+    // Only attempt to listen on IPv6 if IPv4 is unavailable or prefer_ipv4 is false
     // We don't want to start an IPv6 server if there's already an IPv4 one running.
-    if (rc == -1 && (errno == EADDRNOTAVAIL || errno == EAFNOSUPPORT)) {
+    if (rc == -1 && (errno == EADDRNOTAVAIL || errno == EAFNOSUPPORT || !prefer_ipv4)) {
         return _network_loopback_server(true, port, type, error);
     }
     return rc;
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp b/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp
index 4d6cf3d..d9cc36f 100644
--- a/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp
+++ b/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp
@@ -920,7 +920,8 @@
     return fd;
 }
 
-int network_loopback_server(int port, int type, std::string* error) {
+int network_loopback_server(int port, int type, std::string* error, bool prefer_ipv4) {
+    // TODO implement IPv6 support on windows
     return _network_server(port, type, INADDR_LOOPBACK, error);
 }
 
@@ -1132,7 +1133,7 @@
     int local_port = -1;
     std::string error;
 
-    server = network_loopback_server(0, SOCK_STREAM, &error);
+    server = network_loopback_server(0, SOCK_STREAM, &error, true);
     if (server < 0) {
         D("adb_socketpair: failed to create server: %s", error.c_str());
         goto fail;
diff --git a/adb/test_adb.py b/adb/test_adb.py
index 8272722..3d6de26 100755
--- a/adb/test_adb.py
+++ b/adb/test_adb.py
@@ -281,6 +281,37 @@
             subprocess.check_output(["adb", "-P", str(port), "kill-server"],
                                     stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(
+        os.name == "posix",
+        "adb doesn't yet support IPv6 on Windows",
+    )
+    def test_starts_on_ipv6_localhost(self):
+        """
+        Tests that the server can start up on ::1 and that it's accessible
+        """
+        server_port = 5037
+        # Kill any existing server on this non-default port.
+        subprocess.check_output(
+            ["adb", "-P", str(server_port), "kill-server"],
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+        )
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_output(
+                ["adb", "-L", "tcp:[::1]:{}".format(server_port), "server"],
+                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+            )
+            with fake_adbd() as (port, _):
+                with adb_connect(self, serial="localhost:{}".format(port)):
+                    pass
+        finally:
+            # If we started a server, kill it.
+            subprocess.check_output(
+                ["adb", "-P", str(server_port), "kill-server"],
+                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+            )
+
+
+
 
 class EmulatorTest(unittest.TestCase):
     """Tests for the emulator connection."""