diff --git a/executor/runtime/docker/docker.go b/executor/runtime/docker/docker.go
index 2bf5be6cd..e94c40cf6 100644
--- a/executor/runtime/docker/docker.go
+++ b/executor/runtime/docker/docker.go
@@ -652,6 +652,14 @@ func prepareNetworkDriver(parentCtx context.Context, cfg Config, c *runtimeTypes
 		"--batch-size", strconv.Itoa(cfg.batchSize),
 	}
 
+	assignIPv6Address, err := c.AssignIPv6Address()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if assignIPv6Address {
+		args = append(args, "--allocate-ipv6-address=true")
+	}
+
 	// This blocks, and ignores kills.
 	if !c.TitusInfo.GetIgnoreLaunchGuard() {
 		args = append(args, "--wait-for-sg-lock-timeout", cfg.waitForSecurityGroupLockTimeout.String())
diff --git a/executor/runtime/types/types.go b/executor/runtime/types/types.go
index a5401d314..77fa8cae8 100644
--- a/executor/runtime/types/types.go
+++ b/executor/runtime/types/types.go
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ import (
 const (
 	hostnameStyleParam = "titusParameter.agent.hostnameStyle"
 	// FuseEnabledParam is a container atttribute set to enable FUSE
-	FuseEnabledParam = "titusParameter.agent.fuseEnabled"
+	FuseEnabledParam       = "titusParameter.agent.fuseEnabled"
+	assignIPv6AddressParam = "titusParameter.agent.assignIPv6Address"
 )
 
 // ErrMissingIAMRole indicates that the Titus job was submitted without an IAM role
@@ -263,6 +264,20 @@ func (c *Container) GetFuseEnabled() (bool, error) {
 	return val, nil
 }
 
+// AssignIPv6Address determines whether the container should be assigned an IPv6 address
+func (c *Container) AssignIPv6Address() (bool, error) {
+	assignIPv6AddressStr, ok := c.TitusInfo.GetPassthroughAttributes()[assignIPv6AddressParam]
+	if !ok {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	val, err := strconv.ParseBool(assignIPv6AddressStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return val, nil
+}
+
 // Resources specify constraints to be applied to a Container
 type Resources struct {
 	Mem       int64 // in MiB
diff --git a/executor/runtime/types/types_test.go b/executor/runtime/types/types_test.go
index e52d31b2d..606a516f5 100644
--- a/executor/runtime/types/types_test.go
+++ b/executor/runtime/types/types_test.go
@@ -134,3 +134,23 @@ func TestInvalidHostnameStyle(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, err)
 	assert.IsType(t, &InvalidConfigurationError{}, err)
 }
+
+func TestDefaultIPv6AddressAssignment(t *testing.T) {
+	c := Container{
+		TitusInfo: &titus.ContainerInfo{},
+	}
+	assignIPv6Address, err := c.AssignIPv6Address()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.False(t, assignIPv6Address)
+}
+
+func TestIPv6AddressAssignment(t *testing.T) {
+	c := Container{
+		TitusInfo: &titus.ContainerInfo{
+			PassthroughAttributes: map[string]string{assignIPv6AddressParam: "true"},
+		},
+	}
+	assignIPv6Address, err := c.AssignIPv6Address()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, assignIPv6Address)
+}