diff --git a/conf/fail2ban/jails.conf b/conf/fail2ban/jails.conf
index dc4c819c..b360aa77 100644
--- a/conf/fail2ban/jails.conf
+++ b/conf/fail2ban/jails.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Whitelist our own IP addresses. 127.0.0.1/8 is the default. But our status checks
 # ping services over the public interface so we should whitelist that address of
 # ours too. The string is substituted during installation.
-ignoreip = 127.0.0.1/8 PUBLIC_IP PUBLIC_IPV6 ADMIN_HOME_IP ADMIN_HOME_IPV6
+ignoreip = 127.0.0.1/8 ::1/128 PUBLIC_IP PUBLIC_IPV6 ADMIN_HOME_IP ADMIN_HOME_IPV6
 bantime = 15m
 findtime = 120m
 maxretry = 4