diff --git a/forked-daapd.conf b/forked-daapd.conf
index 1cc1be86..41be9b66 100644
--- a/forked-daapd.conf
+++ b/forked-daapd.conf
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ general {
 	admin_password = "unused"
 
 	# Enable/disable IPv6
-	ipv6 = no
+	ipv6 = yes
 
 	# Location of cache database
 #	cache_path = "/var/cache/forked-daapd/cache.db"
diff --git a/src/conffile.c b/src/conffile.c
index e32a0565..54ce009f 100644
--- a/src/conffile.c
+++ b/src/conffile.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static cfg_opt_t sec_general[] =
     CFG_STR("db_pragma_journal_mode", NULL, CFGF_NONE),
     CFG_INT("db_pragma_synchronous", -1, CFGF_NONE),
     CFG_INT_CB("loglevel", E_LOG, CFGF_NONE, &cb_loglevel),
-    CFG_BOOL("ipv6", cfg_false, CFGF_NONE),
+    CFG_BOOL("ipv6", cfg_true, CFGF_NONE),
     CFG_STR("cache_path", STATEDIR "/cache/" PACKAGE "/cache.db", CFGF_NONE),
     CFG_INT("cache_daap_threshold", 1000, CFGF_NONE),
     CFG_END()