diff --git a/ddos-mitigator.sh b/ddos-mitigator.sh
index 8270584..b9ef911 100755
--- a/ddos-mitigator.sh
+++ b/ddos-mitigator.sh
@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ suffix8="/8"
 suffix16="/16"
 suffix24="/24"
 suffix32="/32"
+suffixipv6=""
 ext8=".0.0.0"
 ext16=".0.0"
 ext24=".0"
 ext32=""
+extipv6=""
 
 # Define some constants to format the output in a colorful way.
 red="$(printf '\033[38;2;255;0;43m')"
@@ -150,6 +152,12 @@ Usage: $(basename $0) -d FILE [OPTION...]
                                       - 2 or 16 for class B networks (X.X.0.0/16)
                                       - 3 or 24 for class C networks (X.X.X.0/24)
                                       - 4 or 32 for class D networks (X.X.X.X/32)
+                                      - 5 or 128 for IPv6 addresses (no IPv4
+                                        addresses are considered)
+
+  -6, --enable-ipv6                   Enable banning of IPv6 addresses in
+                                      addition to the IPv4 addresses/networks
+                                      defined by -n (if SIZE is 1, 2, 3 or 4)
 
   -p, --port=PORT                     The desired port to monitor.
                                       Defaults to 443 (https).
@@ -195,7 +203,7 @@ function filter() {
 }
 
 function parse_command_line_args() {
-	TEMP=$(getopt -o 'a::,c:,d:,e,j:,n:,p:,h' -l 'auto::,country:,database:,dependencies,jail:,netmask:,port:,help' -- "$@")
+	TEMP=$(getopt -o 'a::,c:,d:,e,j:,n:,p:,6,h' -l 'auto::,country:,database:,dependencies,jail:,netmask:,port:,enable-ipv6,help' -- "$@")
 
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 		echo 'Error parsing command line options. Terminating. Invoke with --help for help.' >&2
@@ -256,6 +264,9 @@ function parse_command_line_args() {
 			'4' | '32')
 				netmask=32
 				;;
+			'5'|'128')
+				netmask="ipv6"
+				;;
 			*)
 				echo "Invalid argument for parameter 'netmask': '${2}'. Invoke with --help for help." >&2
 				exit 1
@@ -267,6 +278,9 @@ function parse_command_line_args() {
 			port="${2}"
 			shift
 			;;
+		'-6'|'--enable-ipv6')
+			enableipv6=1
+			;;
 		'-h' | '--help')
 			print_help
 			exit
@@ -366,6 +380,7 @@ function process_file() {
 	local banaction=''
 	local nline=1
 	local country=
+
 	# Read the contents from filedescriptor 3 (important: Don's use the
 	# standard filedescriptor because we need to handle user input from
 	# within the loop).
@@ -438,6 +453,7 @@ file8="${tmpdir}/sorted-http-8.txt"
 file16="${tmpdir}/sorted-http-16.txt"
 file24="${tmpdir}/sorted-http-24.txt"
 file32="${tmpdir}/sorted-http-32.txt"
+fileipv6="${tmpdir}/sorted-http-ipv6.txt"
 # This file will contain the addresses to be banned.
 banlist="${tmpdir}/banlist.txt"
 
@@ -445,6 +461,7 @@ touch "${banlist}"
 
 # Parse the command line options
 autopilot=0
+enableipv6=0
 netmask=0
 jail="apache-auth"
 bancountries=("CN")
@@ -470,6 +487,8 @@ connections=$(ss -HOn state established "( sport = :${port} )" | tr -s '[:blank:
 echo "${connections}" | grep '^\[::ffff:' - | cut -d: -f4 | cut -d] -f1 | grep -v '^$' >"${fileraw}"
 # Pure IPv4: 192.168.0.1:443
 echo "${connections}" | grep -v '^\[' - | cut -d: -f1 | grep -v '^$' >>"${fileraw}"
+# IPv6: [aaaa:...]:443
+echo "${connections}" | grep '^\[[^:]' - | cut -d']' -f1 | sed -e 's/^\[//' | grep -v '^$' | sort > "${fileipv6}"
 
 # Group and sort the data into the subnet-specific files.
 sort "${fileraw}" >"${file32}"
@@ -482,18 +501,21 @@ filter "${file32}" "${ext32}" "${suffix32}"
 filter "${file24}" "${ext24}" "${suffix24}"
 filter "${file16}" "${ext16}" "${suffix16}"
 filter "${file8}" "${ext8}" "${suffix8}"
+filter "${fileipv6}" "" ""
 
 # Determine the number of connections per address
 uniq -c "${file32}" | sort -rn | sponge "${file32}"
 uniq -c "${file24}" | sort -rn | sponge "${file24}"
 uniq -c "${file16}" | sort -rn | sponge "${file16}"
 uniq -c "${file8}" | sort -rn | sponge "${file8}"
+uniq -c "${fileipv6}" | sort -rn | sponge "${fileipv6}"
 
 # Determine the number of entries per file.
 nlines32=$(cat "${file32}" | wc -l)
 nlines24=$(cat "${file24}" | wc -l)
 nlines16=$(cat "${file16}" | wc -l)
 nlines8=$(cat "${file8}" | wc -l)
+nlinesipv6=$(cat "${fileipv6}" | wc -l)
 
 if [ ${netmask} -eq 0 ]; then
 	# Now let the user choose which file to process.
@@ -502,6 +524,7 @@ if [ ${netmask} -eq 0 ]; then
 	echo "[2] 16bit: ${nlines16} entries"
 	echo "[3] 24bit: ${nlines24} entries"
 	echo "[4] 32bit: ${nlines32} entries"
+	echo "[5] IPv6: ${nlinesipv6} entries"
 	read -p 'Which one do you want to work with (q=Quit) [1-4]? ' choice
 
 	# Based on the user's choice, initialize the variables $file, $ext and
@@ -520,6 +543,9 @@ if [ ${netmask} -eq 0 ]; then
 	"4")
 		netmask=32
 		;;
+	"5" )
+		netmask="ipv6"
+		;;
 	"Q" | "q")
 		echo "You chose to abort. That's fine! Have a nice day!"
 		exit
@@ -544,6 +570,15 @@ unset TEMP
 
 echo "Processing ${file}."
 
+# Handle IPv6 option
+if [[ "${enableipv6}" -eq 1 ]]; then
+	if [[ "${netmask}" != "ipv6" ]]; then
+		cat "${file}" "${fileipv6}" | sort -n | sponge "${file}"
+		nlines=$(( ${nlines} + ${nlinesipv6} ))
+	fi
+fi
+
+
 # Invoke the processing function on the chosen file.
 process_file "${file}"