diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-dns-lookup.js b/test/parallel/test-net-dns-lookup.js
index 8ef0382ae1a816..adf9fbf0489690 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-dns-lookup.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-dns-lookup.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ server.listen(0, common.mustCall(function() {
   net.connect(this.address().port, 'localhost')
     .on('lookup', common.mustCallAtLeast(function(err, ip, type, host) {
       assert.strictEqual(err, null);
-      assert.match(ip, /^(127\.0\.0\.1|::1)$/);
+      assert.match(ip, /^(127\.0\.0\.1|(fe80)?::1)$/);
       assert.match(type.toString(), /^(4|6)$/);
       assert.strictEqual(host, 'localhost');
     }, 1));