diff --git a/daemon/websocket.c b/daemon/websocket.c
index 58f3e442d..3f53f6111 100644
--- a/daemon/websocket.c
+++ b/daemon/websocket.c
@@ -920,6 +920,10 @@ int websocket_init(void) {
 			(!rtpe_config.https_ifs || !*rtpe_config.https_ifs))
 		return 0;
 
+	struct sockaddr_storage sa;
+	int ret = lws_interface_to_sa(1, "::1", (void *) &sa, sizeof(sa));
+	bool have_lws_ipv6 = (ret == 0);
+
 	const char *err = NULL;
 
 	lws_set_log_level(LLL_ERR | LLL_WARN, websocket_log);
@@ -945,10 +949,15 @@ int websocket_init(void) {
 			goto err;
 
 		bool success = false;
+		bool ipv6_fail = false;
 		for (int i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS(eps); i++) {
 			endpoint_t *ep = &eps[i];
 			if (!ep->port)
 				continue;
+			if (ep->address.family->af == AF_INET6 && !have_lws_ipv6) {
+				ipv6_fail = true;
+				continue;
+			}
 			struct lws_context_creation_info *vhost = g_slice_alloc(sizeof(*vhost));
 			g_queue_push_tail(&websocket_vhost_configs, vhost);
 
@@ -966,6 +975,9 @@ int websocket_init(void) {
 			success = true;
 		}
 		err = "Failed to create any LWS vhost from given config";
+		if (ipv6_fail)
+			err = "Failed to create any LWS vhost from given config. Hint: LWS IPv6 support is not "
+				"available and config lists at least one IPv6 vhost";
 		if (!success)
 			goto err;
 	}
@@ -983,10 +995,15 @@ int websocket_init(void) {
 			goto err;
 
 		bool success = false;
+		bool ipv6_fail = false;
 		for (int i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS(eps); i++) {
 			endpoint_t *ep = &eps[i];
 			if (!ep->port)
 				continue;
+			if (ep->address.family->af == AF_INET6 && !have_lws_ipv6) {
+				ipv6_fail = true;
+				continue;
+			}
 			struct lws_context_creation_info *vhost = g_slice_alloc(sizeof(*vhost));
 			g_queue_push_tail(&websocket_vhost_configs, vhost);
 
@@ -1008,6 +1025,9 @@ int websocket_init(void) {
 			success = true;
 		}
 		err = "Failed to create any LWS vhost from given config";
+		if (ipv6_fail)
+			err = "Failed to create any LWS vhost from given config. Hint: LWS IPv6 support is not "
+				"available and config lists at least one IPv6 vhost";
 		if (!success)
 			goto err;
 	}