diff --git a/toxcore/network.c b/toxcore/network.c
index 83081a49..44448f38 100644
--- a/toxcore/network.c
+++ b/toxcore/network.c
@@ -480,11 +480,24 @@ int ip_equal(IP *a, IP *b)
         return 0;
 
 #ifdef TOX_ENABLE_IPV6
-    if (a->family == AF_INET)
-        return (a->ip4.in_addr.s_addr == b->ip4.in_addr.s_addr);
+	/* same family */
+	if (a->family == b->family) {
+	    if (a->family == AF_INET)
+	        return (a->ip4.in_addr.s_addr == b->ip4.in_addr.s_addr);
+		else if (a->family == AF_INET6)
+	        return IN6_ARE_ADDR_EQUAL(&a->ip6, &b->ip6);
+		else
+			return 0;
+	}
 
-    if (a->family == AF_INET6)
-        return IN6_ARE_ADDR_EQUAL(&a->ip6, &b->ip6);
+	/* different family: check on the IPv6 one if it is the IPv4 one embedded */
+    if ((a->family == AF_INET) && (b->family == AF_INET6)) {
+		if (IN6_IS_ADDR_V4COMPAT(&b->ip6))
+			return (a->ip4.in_addr.s_addr == b->ip6.s6_addr32[3]);
+	} else if ((a->family == AF_INET6)  && (b->family == AF_INET)) {
+		if (IN6_IS_ADDR_V4COMPAT(&a->ip6))
+			return (a->ip6.s6_addr32[3] == b->ip4.in_addr.s_addr);
+	}
 
     return 0;
 #else