diff --git a/lib/linux_admin/network_interface.rb b/lib/linux_admin/network_interface.rb
index df4be80..5b8d40a 100644
--- a/lib/linux_admin/network_interface.rb
+++ b/lib/linux_admin/network_interface.rb
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def ip_show
     #
     # @param ip_output [String] The command output
     def parse_ip4(ip_output)
-      cidr_ip = parse_ip_output(ip_output, /inet/, 1)
+      cidr_ip = parse_ip_output(ip_output, /inet /, 1)
       return unless cidr_ip
 
       @network_conf[:address] = cidr_ip.split('/')[0]
diff --git a/spec/network_interface_spec.rb b/spec/network_interface_spec.rb
index dc86c6d..10ff209 100644
--- a/spec/network_interface_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/network_interface_spec.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
 IP_OUT
 
+    IP6_ADDR_OUT = <<-IP_OUT
+2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
+    link/ether 00:0c:29:ed:0e:8b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
+    inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:feed:e8b/64 scope link
+       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
+    inet6 fd12:3456:789a:1::1/96 scope global
+       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
+IP_OUT
+
     IP_ROUTE_OUT = <<-IP_OUT
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0  proto static  metric 100
 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.9  metric 100
@@ -105,6 +114,15 @@
       described_class.new("eth0")
     end
 
+    subject(:subj6) do
+      allow(LinuxAdmin::Distros).to receive(:local).and_return(LinuxAdmin::Distros.generic)
+      described_class.dist_class(true)
+
+      allow(AwesomeSpawn).to receive(:run!).with(*IP_SHOW_ARGS).and_return(result(IP6_ADDR_OUT, 0))
+      allow(AwesomeSpawn).to receive(:run!).with(*IP_ROUTE_ARGS).and_return(result(IP_ROUTE_OUT, 0))
+      described_class.new("eth0")
+    end
+
     def result(output, exit_status)
       AwesomeSpawn::CommandResult.new("", output, "", exit_status)
     end
@@ -124,6 +142,13 @@ def result(output, exit_status)
         allow(AwesomeSpawn).to receive(:run!).with(*IP_ROUTE_ARGS).and_raise(awesome_error)
         expect { subj.reload }.to raise_error(LinuxAdmin::NetworkInterfaceError)
       end
+
+      it "doesn't blow up when given only ipv6 addresses" do
+        subj6
+        allow(AwesomeSpawn).to receive(:run!).with(*IP_SHOW_ARGS).and_return(result(IP6_ADDR_OUT, 0))
+        allow(AwesomeSpawn).to receive(:run!).with(*IP_ROUTE_ARGS).and_return(result(IP_ROUTE_OUT, 0))
+        expect { subj.reload }.to_not raise_error
+      end
     end
 
     describe "#address" do