diff --git a/src/enum_net.cpp b/src/enum_net.cpp
index c6820eb01..34b68c65d 100644
--- a/src/enum_net.cpp
+++ b/src/enum_net.cpp
@@ -718,11 +718,22 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		for (int i = 0; i < int(ips.size()); ++i)
 		{
 			ip_route r;
-			r.destination = address_v4();
-			r.netmask = address_v4::from_string("255.255.255.0");
-			address_v4::bytes_type b = ips[i].to_v4().to_bytes();
-			b[3] = 1;
-			r.gateway = address_v4(b);
+			if (ips[i].is_v4())
+			{
+				r.destination = address_v4();
+				r.netmask = address_v4::from_string("255.255.255.0");
+				address_v4::bytes_type b = ips[i].to_v4().to_bytes();
+				b[3] = 1;
+				r.gateway = address_v4(b);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				r.destination = address_v6();
+				r.netmask = address_v6::from_string("FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF::0");
+				address_v6::bytes_type b = ips[i].to_v6().to_bytes();
+				b[14] = 1;
+				r.gateway = address_v6(b);
+			}
 			strcpy(r.name, "eth0");
 			r.mtu = ios.sim().config().path_mtu(ips[i], ips[i]);
 			ret.push_back(r);