diff --git a/src/com/includesecurity/safeurl/Configuration.scala b/src/com/includesecurity/safeurl/Configuration.scala
index c9c3352..4abcd4a 100644
--- a/src/com/includesecurity/safeurl/Configuration.scala
+++ b/src/com/includesecurity/safeurl/Configuration.scala
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ class Configuration {
   /** Do secure redirects, revalidate each redirect location first. */
   var secureRedirects: Boolean = true
 
+  /** Support IPv6, disabled by default since the default blacklist relies on NAT for security */
+  var supportIPv6: Boolean = false
+
   /** The maximum number of redirects SaveCurl will follow. */
   var maxRedirects: Int = 20
 
diff --git a/src/com/includesecurity/safeurl/SafeCurl.scala b/src/com/includesecurity/safeurl/SafeURL.scala
similarity index 96%
rename from src/com/includesecurity/safeurl/SafeCurl.scala
rename to src/com/includesecurity/safeurl/SafeURL.scala
index e4f60b1..8b9fbe4 100644
--- a/src/com/includesecurity/safeurl/SafeCurl.scala
+++ b/src/com/includesecurity/safeurl/SafeURL.scala
@@ -92,8 +92,18 @@ object SafeURL {
     * @param host hostname or IP address to resolve
     * @return an array of IP addresses the hostname/IP resolves to
     */
-  private def resolve(host: String): Array[String] = {
-    InetAddress.getAllByName(host) map (_.getHostAddress)
+  private def resolve(host: String, cfg: Configuration = defaultConfiguration): Array[String] = {
+    var hosts = InetAddress.getAllByName(host)
+    if (!cfg.supportIPv6) {
+      val v4Hosts = hosts filter (_.isInstanceOf[Inet4Address])
+      if (v4Hosts.isEmpty && !hosts.isEmpty) {
+        // Treat IPv6-only results as if there was a lookup error,
+        // doesn't seem to be a way to force an IPv4-only lookup.
+        throw new UnknownHostException(host + ": Name or service not known");
+      }
+      hosts = v4Hosts
+    }
+    hosts map (_.getHostAddress)
   }
 
   /** Check if the given IP address lies within the subnet given in CIDR notation.
@@ -259,7 +269,7 @@ object SafeURL {
     }
 
     // Validate the IP
-    val ips = resolve(host)
+    val ips = resolve(host, cfg)
     for (ip <- ips) {
       // Note: Doing it this way means that when IP whitelisting is active,
       // every IP a given hostname resolves to must be in the whitelist.