diff --git a/src/peer_connection.cpp b/src/peer_connection.cpp
index fdbfc8471..ad318c0b4 100755
--- a/src/peer_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/peer_connection.cpp
@@ -2139,7 +2139,8 @@ namespace libtorrent
 
 	bool peer_connection::on_local_network() const
 	{
-		if (libtorrent::is_local(m_remote.address())) return true;
+		if (libtorrent::is_local(m_remote.address())
+			|| is_loopback(m_remote.address())) return true;
 		return false;
 	}