diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b48179e..0f61077 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 language: dart
 sudo: false
 
+before_script:
+  # Add an IPv6 config - see the corresponding Travis issue
+  # https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/8361
+  - if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "linux" ]; then 
+      sudo sh -c 'echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6';
+    fi
+
 dart:
   - stable
   - dev
diff --git a/test/http_ipv6_test.dart b/test/http_ipv6_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2135b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/http_ipv6_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// (c) 2018, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:http_io/http_io.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+// Client makes a HTTP 1.0 request without connection keep alive. The
+// server sets a content length but still needs to close the
+// connection as there is no keep alive.
+Future<Null> testHttpIPv6() {
+  final completer = new Completer<Null>();
+  HttpServer.bind("::", 0).then((server) {
+    server.listen((HttpRequest request) {
+      expect(request.headers["host"][0], equals("[::1]:${server.port}"));
+      expect(request.requestedUri.host, equals("::1"));
+      request.response.close();
+    });
+
+    var client = new HttpClient();
+    var url = Uri.parse('http://[::1]:${server.port}/xxx');
+    expect(url.host, equals('::1'));
+    client
+        .openUrl('GET', url)
+        .then((request) => request.close())
+        .then((response) {
+      expect(response.statusCode, equals(HttpStatus.OK));
+    }).whenComplete(() {
+      server.close();
+      client.close();
+      completer.complete();
+    });
+  });
+  return completer.future;
+}
+
+void main() {
+  test('httpIPv6', testHttpIPv6);
+}