diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 35024a3cb..b46a396d4 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 13 December 2016: Wouter
 	- Fix #1182: Fix Resource leak (socket), at startup.
+	- Fix unbound-control and ipv6 only.
 
 9 December 2016: Wouter
 	- Fix #1176: stack size too small for Alpine Linux.
diff --git a/smallapp/unbound-control.c b/smallapp/unbound-control.c
index 20a7c1649..866674d2e 100644
--- a/smallapp/unbound-control.c
+++ b/smallapp/unbound-control.c
@@ -195,9 +195,13 @@ contact_server(const char* svr, struct config_file* cfg, int statuscmd)
 	int fd;
 	/* use svr or the first config entry */
 	if(!svr) {
-		if(cfg->control_ifs)
+		if(cfg->control_ifs) {
 			svr = cfg->control_ifs->str;
-		else	svr = "127.0.0.1";
+		} else if(cfg->do_ip4) {
+			svr = "127.0.0.1";
+		} else {
+			svr = "::1";
+		}
 		/* config 0 addr (everything), means ask localhost */
 		if(strcmp(svr, "0.0.0.0") == 0)
 			svr = "127.0.0.1";