diff --git a/libnetwork/endpoint.go b/libnetwork/endpoint.go
index a5263d4051..8debc99ece 100644
--- a/libnetwork/endpoint.go
+++ b/libnetwork/endpoint.go
@@ -499,7 +499,10 @@ func (ep *endpoint) sbJoin(sb *sandbox, options ...EndpointOption) (err error) {
 
 	if doUpdateHostsFile(n, sb) {
 		var addresses []string
-		if ip := ep.getFirstInterfaceAddress(); ip != nil {
+		if ip := ep.getFirstInterfaceIPv4Address(); ip != nil {
+			addresses = append(addresses, ip.String())
+		}
+		if ip := ep.getFirstInterfaceIPv6Address(); ip != nil {
 			addresses = append(addresses, ip.String())
 		}
 		if err = sb.updateHostsFile(addresses); err != nil {
@@ -912,7 +915,7 @@ func (ep *endpoint) getSandbox() (*sandbox, bool) {
 	return ps, ok
 }
 
-func (ep *endpoint) getFirstInterfaceAddress() net.IP {
+func (ep *endpoint) getFirstInterfaceIPv4Address() net.IP {
 	ep.Lock()
 	defer ep.Unlock()
 
@@ -923,6 +926,17 @@ func (ep *endpoint) getFirstInterfaceAddress() net.IP {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (ep *endpoint) getFirstInterfaceIPv6Address() net.IP {
+	ep.Lock()
+	defer ep.Unlock()
+
+	if ep.iface.addrv6 != nil {
+		return ep.iface.addrv6.IP
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // EndpointOptionGeneric function returns an option setter for a Generic option defined
 // in a Dictionary of Key-Value pair
 func EndpointOptionGeneric(generic map[string]interface{}) EndpointOption {
diff --git a/libnetwork/endpoint_test.go b/libnetwork/endpoint_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..675c7a8c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libnetwork/endpoint_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+package libnetwork
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/ipamapi"
+	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/osl"
+	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/testutils"
+)
+
+func TestHostsEntries(t *testing.T) {
+	if !testutils.IsRunningInContainer() {
+		defer testutils.SetupTestOSContext(t)()
+	}
+
+	expectedHostsFile := `127.0.0.1	localhost
+::1	localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
+fe00::0	ip6-localnet
+ff00::0	ip6-mcastprefix
+ff02::1	ip6-allnodes
+ff02::2	ip6-allrouters
+192.168.222.2	somehost.example.com somehost
+fe90::2	somehost.example.com somehost
+`
+
+	opts := []NetworkOption{NetworkOptionEnableIPv6(true), NetworkOptionIpam(ipamapi.DefaultIPAM, "",
+		[]*IpamConf{{PreferredPool: "192.168.222.0/24", Gateway: "192.168.222.1"}},
+		[]*IpamConf{{PreferredPool: "fe90::/64", Gateway: "fe90::1"}},
+		nil)}
+
+	c, nws := getTestEnv(t, opts)
+	ctrlr := c.(*controller)
+
+	hostsFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(hostsFile.Name())
+
+	sbx, err := ctrlr.NewSandbox("sandbox1", OptionHostsPath(hostsFile.Name()), OptionHostname("somehost.example.com"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	ep1, err := nws[0].CreateEndpoint("ep1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := ep1.Join(sbx, JoinOptionPriority(ep1, 1)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(hostsFile.Name())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if string(data) != expectedHostsFile {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the hosts file to read:\n%q\nbut instead got the following:\n%q\n", expectedHostsFile, string(data))
+	}
+
+	if err := sbx.Delete(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if len(ctrlr.sandboxes) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("controller sandboxes is not empty. len = %d", len(ctrlr.sandboxes))
+	}
+
+	osl.GC()
+}