diff --git a/docs/content/configuration/defaults.md b/docs/content/configuration/defaults.md
index a8754e1..27e27ef 100644
--- a/docs/content/configuration/defaults.md
+++ b/docs/content/configuration/defaults.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ loop_delay: 300
 service: true
 
 exclude_state: []
+# needs to be a list of strings
 exclude_vmid: []
 
 pve:
diff --git a/docs/content/usage/_index.md b/docs/content/usage/_index.md
index e4c5251..1c21d59 100644
--- a/docs/content/usage/_index.md
+++ b/docs/content/usage/_index.md
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ run prometheus-pve-sd -vv --loop-delay 900 -o /etc/prometheus/pve.json
 
 The following list of meta labels can be used to relabel your scrape results:
 
-`__meta_pve_ip`
+`__meta_pve_ipv4`
+
+`__meta_pve_ipv6`
 
 `__meta_pve_name`
 
diff --git a/prometheuspvesd/discovery.py b/prometheuspvesd/discovery.py
index 1e950d4..04e3905 100644
--- a/prometheuspvesd/discovery.py
+++ b/prometheuspvesd/discovery.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """Prometheus Discovery."""
 
+import ipaddress
 import json
 import re
-import socket
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 import requests
@@ -85,19 +85,18 @@ class Discovery():
 
         return variables
 
-    def _get_ip_address(self, pve_type, pve_node, vmid):
+    def _get_ip_addresses(self, pve_type, pve_node, vmid):
 
-        def validate(address):
+        def validate_ip(address: object) -> object:
             try:
-                # IP address validation
-                if socket.inet_aton(address):
-                    # Ignore localhost
-                    if address != "127.0.0.1":
-                        return address
-            except socket.error:
+                if not ipaddress.ip_address(address).is_loopback \
+                        and not ipaddress.ip_address(address).is_link_local:
+                    return address
+            except ValueError:
                 return False
 
-        address = False
+        ipv4_address = False
+        ipv6_address = False
         networks = False
         if pve_type == "qemu":
             # If qemu agent is enabled, try to gather the IP address
@@ -114,23 +113,46 @@ class Discovery():
                 if type(networks) is list:
                     for network in networks:
                         for ip_address in network["ip-addresses"]:
-                            address = validate(ip_address["ip-address"])
+                            if ip_address["ip-address-type"] == "ipv4":
+                                ipv4_address = validate_ip(ip_address["ip-address"])
+                            elif ip_address["ip-address-type"] == "ipv6":
+                                ipv6_address = validate_ip(ip_address["ip-address"])
 
-        if not address:
+        if not ipv4_address:
             try:
                 PVE_REQUEST_COUNT_TOTAL.inc()
                 config = self.client.nodes(pve_node).get(pve_type, vmid, "config")
-                sources = [config["net0"], config["ipconfig0"]]
+                if "ipconfig0" in config.keys():
+                    sources = [config["net0"], config["ipconfig0"]]
+                else:
+                    sources = [config["net0"]]
 
                 for s in sources:
-                    find = re.search(r"ip=(\d*\.\d*\.\d*\.\d*)", str(sources))
+                    find = re.search(r"ip=(\d*\.\d*\.\d*\.\d*)", str(s))
                     if find and find.group(1):
-                        address = find.group(1)
+                        ipv4_address = find.group(1)
                         break
             except Exception:  # noqa  # nosec
                 pass
 
-        return address
+        if not ipv6_address:
+            try:
+                PVE_REQUEST_COUNT_TOTAL.inc()
+                config = self.client.nodes(pve_node).get(pve_type, vmid, "config")
+                if "ipconfig0" in config.keys():
+                    sources = [config["net0"], config["ipconfig0"]]
+                else:
+                    sources = [config["net0"]]
+
+                for s in sources:
+                    find = re.search(r"ip=(\d*:\d*:\d*:\d*:\d*:\d*)", str(s))
+                    if find and find.group(1):
+                        ipv6_address = find.group(1)
+                        break
+            except Exception:  # noqa  # nosec
+                pass
+
+        return ipv4_address, ipv6_address
 
     def _exclude(self, pve_list):
         filtered = []
@@ -196,9 +218,9 @@ class Discovery():
                 except ValueError:
                     metadata = {"notes": description}
 
-                address = self._get_ip_address(pve_type, node, vmid) or host
+                ipv4_address, ipv6_address = self._get_ip_addresses(pve_type, node, vmid) or host
 
-                prom_host = Host(vmid, host, address, pve_type)
+                prom_host = Host(vmid, host, ipv4_address, ipv6_address, pve_type)
 
                 config_flags = [("cpu", "sockets"), ("cores", "cores"), ("memory", "memory")]
                 meta_flags = [("status", "proxmox_status")]
diff --git a/prometheuspvesd/model.py b/prometheuspvesd/model.py
index 732e4ef..07176dc 100644
--- a/prometheuspvesd/model.py
+++ b/prometheuspvesd/model.py
@@ -5,19 +5,22 @@
 class Host:
     """Represents a virtual machine or container in PVE."""
 
-    def __init__(self, vmid, hostname, ip_address, pve_type):
+    def __init__(self, vmid, hostname, ipv4_address, ipv6_address, pve_type):
         self.hostname = hostname
-        self.ip_address = ip_address
+        self.ipv4_address = ipv4_address
+        self.ipv6_address = ipv6_address
         self.vmid = vmid
         self.pve_type = pve_type
         self.labels = {}
-        self.labels["__meta_pve_ip"] = ip_address
+        self.labels["__meta_pve_ipv4"] = ipv4_address
+        self.labels["__meta_pve_ipv6"] = ipv6_address
         self.labels["__meta_pve_name"] = hostname
         self.labels["__meta_pve_type"] = pve_type
         self.labels["__meta_pve_vmid"] = str(vmid)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return f"{self.hostname}({self.vmid}): {self.pve_type} {self.ip_address}"
+        return f"{self.hostname}({self.vmid}): {self.pve_type} \
+                  {self.ipv4_address} {self.ipv6_address}"
 
     def add_label(self, key, value):
         key = key.replace("-", "_").replace(" ", "_")