diff --git a/conf/fail2ban/jails.conf b/conf/fail2ban/jails.conf
index ce957f41..c1514b45 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
+ignoreip = 127.0.0.1/8 PUBLIC_IP ::1 PUBLIC_IPV6
 
 [dovecot]
 enabled = true