diff --git a/lib/asyn-ares.c b/lib/asyn-ares.c
index 19fe8536b0..3e0e949681 100644
--- a/lib/asyn-ares.c
+++ b/lib/asyn-ares.c
@@ -770,9 +770,14 @@ struct Curl_addrinfo *Curl_resolver_getaddrinfo(struct Curl_easy *data,
       int pf = PF_INET;
       memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
 #ifdef CURLRES_IPV6
-      if((data->conn->ip_version != CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4) && Curl_ipv6works(data))
+      if((data->conn->ip_version != CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4) &&
+         Curl_ipv6works(data)) {
         /* The stack seems to be IPv6-enabled */
-        pf = PF_UNSPEC;
+        if(data->conn->ip_version == CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6)
+          pf = PF_INET6;
+        else
+          pf = PF_UNSPEC;
+      }
 #endif /* CURLRES_IPV6 */
       hints.ai_family = pf;
       hints.ai_socktype = (data->conn->transport == TRNSPRT_TCP)?
diff --git a/lib/asyn-thread.c b/lib/asyn-thread.c
index 6f0a2126ab..a2e294f8f5 100644
--- a/lib/asyn-thread.c
+++ b/lib/asyn-thread.c
@@ -696,9 +696,13 @@ struct Curl_addrinfo *Curl_resolver_getaddrinfo(struct Curl_easy *data,
   *waitp = 0; /* default to synchronous response */
 
 #ifdef CURLRES_IPV6
-  if((data->conn->ip_version != CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4) && Curl_ipv6works(data))
+  if((data->conn->ip_version != CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4) && Curl_ipv6works(data)) {
     /* The stack seems to be IPv6-enabled */
-    pf = PF_UNSPEC;
+    if(data->conn->ip_version == CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6)
+      pf = PF_INET6;
+    else
+      pf = PF_UNSPEC;
+  }
 #endif /* CURLRES_IPV6 */
 
   memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));