1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/test/gen_tcp_api_SUITE.erl b/lib/kernel/test/gen_tcp_api_SUITE.erl
index 026cbf8b28..77ec89b4f4 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/test/gen_tcp_api_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/test/gen_tcp_api_SUITE.erl
@@ -308,9 +308,7 @@ t_implicit_inet6(Host, Addr) ->
 	    implicit_inet6(S1, Loopback),
 	    ok = gen_tcp:close(S1),
 	    %%
-	    Localhost = "localhost",
-	    Localaddr = ok(inet:getaddr(Localhost, inet6)),
-	    io:format("~s ~p~n", [Localhost,Localaddr]),
+	    Localaddr = ok(get_localaddr()),
 	    S2 = ok(gen_tcp:listen(0, [{ip,Localaddr}])),
 	    implicit_inet6(S2, Localaddr),
 	    ok = gen_tcp:close(S2),
@@ -593,6 +591,20 @@ ok(NotOk) ->
 	      error, {Thrown, NotOk}, tl(erlang:get_stacktrace()))
     end.
 
+get_localaddr() ->
+    get_localaddr(["localhost", "localhost6", "ip6-localhost"]).
+
+get_localaddr([]) ->
+    {error, localaddr_not_found};
+get_localaddr([Localhost|Ls]) ->
+    case inet:getaddr(Localhost, inet6) of
+       {ok, LocalAddr} ->
+           io:format("~s ~p~n", [Localhost, LocalAddr]),
+           {ok, LocalAddr};
+       _ ->
+           get_localaddr(Ls)
+    end.
+
 getsockfd() -> undefined.
 closesockfd(_FD) -> undefined.