diff --git a/daemon/aux.h b/daemon/aux.h
index b493582c8..9be4445d2 100644
--- a/daemon/aux.h
+++ b/daemon/aux.h
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ static inline void smart_ntop(char *o, struct in6_addr *a, size_t len) {
 		inet_ntop(AF_INET6, a, o, len);
 }
 
+static inline int smart_pton(int af, const char *src, void *dst) {
+	if (af == AF_INET6) {
+		if (src[0] == '[')
+			return inet_pton(af, src+1, dst);
+	}
+	return inet_pton(af, src, dst);
+}
+
 
 
 #endif
diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index 3babb2195..fa5e5fade 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv) {
 	}
 
 	if (ipv6s) {
-		if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, ipv6s, &ipv6) != 1)
+		if (smart_pton(AF_INET6, ipv6s, &ipv6) != 1)
 			die("Invalid IPv6 address (--ip6)\n");
 	}
 	if (adv_ipv6s) {
-		if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, adv_ipv6s, &adv_ipv6) != 1)
+		if (smart_pton(AF_INET6, adv_ipv6s, &adv_ipv6) != 1)
 			die("Invalid IPv6 address (--advertised-ip6)\n");
 	}