diff --git a/bin/apisix b/bin/apisix
index ce350982885c..7e5319cefb85 100755
--- a/bin/apisix
+++ b/bin/apisix
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ http {
         listen {* port_admin *};
 
         location /apisix/admin/ {
-            {% for _, allow_ip in ipairs(allow_admin) do %}
+            {% for _, allow_ip in ipairs(allow_admin or {}) do %}
             allow {*allow_ip*};
             {% end %}
             deny all;
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ http {
     server {
         listen {* node_listen *};
         listen {* node_ssl_listen *} ssl;
+        {% if enable_ipv6 then %}
+        listen [::]:{* node_listen *};
+        listen [::]:{* node_ssl_listen *} ssl;
+        {% end %}
         ssl_certificate      cert/apisix.crt;
         ssl_certificate_key  cert/apisix.key;
         ssl_session_cache    shared:SSL:1m;
diff --git a/conf/config.yaml b/conf/config.yaml
index 2b657a071259..2acec2d1e753 100644
--- a/conf/config.yaml
+++ b/conf/config.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ apisix:
   enable_heartbeat: true
   enable_admin: true
   enable_debug: false
+  enable_ipv6: true
   allow_admin:                    # http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_access_module.html#allow
     - 127.0.0.0/24
+    - "::/64"
   # port_admin: 9180              # use a separate port
   real_ip_header: "X-Real-IP"     # http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_realip_module.html#real_ip_header
   real_ip_from:                   # http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_realip_module.html#set_real_ip_from
diff --git a/lua/apisix/core/schema.lua b/lua/apisix/core/schema.lua
index de1d15219892..a36f129b6261 100644
--- a/lua/apisix/core/schema.lua
+++ b/lua/apisix/core/schema.lua
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ local route = [[{
             "anyOf": [
               {"pattern": "^[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}$"},
               {"pattern": "^[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}]]
-              .. [[/[0-9]{1,2}$"}
+              .. [[/[0-9]{1,2}$"},
+              {"pattern": "^([a-f0-9]{0,4}:){0,8}(:[a-f0-9]{0,4}){0,8}$"}
             ]
         },
         "service_id": ]] .. json.encode(id_schema) .. [[,
diff --git a/lua/apisix/http/router/r3_host_uri.lua b/lua/apisix/http/router/r3_host_uri.lua
index 76e4868df89b..4a3f726f5bd0 100644
--- a/lua/apisix/http/router/r3_host_uri.lua
+++ b/lua/apisix/http/router/r3_host_uri.lua
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ local function push_valid_route(route)
         core.table.insert(only_uri_routes, {
             path = route.value.uri,
             method = route.value.methods,
+            remote_addr = route.value.remote_addr,
             handler = function (params, api_ctx)
                 api_ctx.matched_params = params
                 api_ctx.matched_route = route
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ local function push_valid_route(route)
     core.table.insert(host_uri_routes, {
         path = "/" .. host .. route.value.uri,
         method = route.value.methods,
+        remote_addr = route.value.remote_addr,
         handler = function (params, api_ctx)
             api_ctx.matched_params = params
             api_ctx.matched_route = route
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ function _M.match(api_ctx)
 
     core.table.clear(match_opts)
     match_opts.method = api_ctx.var.method
+    match_opts.remote_addr = api_ctx.var.remote_addr
 
     local host_uri = "/" .. str_reverse(api_ctx.var.host) .. api_ctx.var.uri
     local ok = host_uri_router:dispatch2(nil, host_uri, match_opts, api_ctx)
diff --git a/lua/apisix/http/router/r3_uri.lua b/lua/apisix/http/router/r3_uri.lua
index 556b7c238284..6c266057680c 100644
--- a/lua/apisix/http/router/r3_uri.lua
+++ b/lua/apisix/http/router/r3_uri.lua
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ function _M.match(api_ctx)
     core.table.clear(match_opts)
     match_opts.method = api_ctx.var.method
     match_opts.host = api_ctx.var.host
+    match_opts.remote_addr = api_ctx.var.remote_addr
 
     local ok = uri_router:dispatch2(nil, api_ctx.var.uri, match_opts, api_ctx)
     if not ok then
diff --git a/lua/apisix/http/router/radixtree_uri.lua b/lua/apisix/http/router/radixtree_uri.lua
index 99e06c1e221e..bb409de799fe 100644
--- a/lua/apisix/http/router/radixtree_uri.lua
+++ b/lua/apisix/http/router/radixtree_uri.lua
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ local function create_radixtree_router(routes)
                 path = route.value.uri,
                 method = route.value.methods,
                 host = route.value.host,
+                remote_addr = route.value.remote_addr,
                 handler = function (api_ctx)
                     api_ctx.matched_params = nil
                     api_ctx.matched_route = route
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ function _M.match(api_ctx)
     core.table.clear(match_opts)
     match_opts.method = api_ctx.var.method
     match_opts.host = api_ctx.var.host
+    match_opts.remote_addr = api_ctx.var.remote_addr
 
     local ok = uri_router:dispatch(api_ctx.var.uri, match_opts, api_ctx)
     if not ok then
diff --git a/t/APISix.pm b/t/APISix.pm
index 960fdb43513b..f68c63de5028 100644
--- a/t/APISix.pm
+++ b/t/APISix.pm
@@ -105,11 +105,16 @@ _EOC_
     $block->set_value("http_config", $http_config);
 
     my $TEST_NGINX_HTML_DIR = $ENV{TEST_NGINX_HTML_DIR} ||= html_dir();
+    my $ipv6_listen_conf = '';
+    if (defined $block->listen_ipv6) {
+        $ipv6_listen_conf = "listen \[::1\]:12345;"
+    }
 
     my $wait_etcd_sync = $block->wait_etcd_sync // 0.1;
 
     my $config = $block->config // '';
     $config .= <<_EOC_;
+        $ipv6_listen_conf
         listen unix:$TEST_NGINX_HTML_DIR/nginx.sock ssl;
 
         ssl_certificate             cert/apisix.crt;
diff --git a/t/lib/test_admin.lua b/t/lib/test_admin.lua
index 1b98e0b91eec..17922b89d71d 100644
--- a/t/lib/test_admin.lua
+++ b/t/lib/test_admin.lua
@@ -40,6 +40,45 @@ local methods = {
 }
 
 
+function _M.test_ipv6(uri)
+    local sock = ngx.socket.tcp()
+    local ok, err = sock:connect("[::1]", 12345)
+    if not ok then
+        ngx.say("failed to connect: ", err)
+        return
+    end
+
+    ngx.say("connected: ", ok)
+
+    local req = "GET " .. uri .. " HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: localhost\r\n"
+                .. "Connection: close\r\n\r\n"
+    -- req = "OK"
+    -- ngx.log(ngx.WARN, "req: ", req)
+
+    local bytes, err = sock:send(req)
+    if not bytes then
+        ngx.say("failed to send request: ", err)
+        return
+    end
+
+    ngx.say("request sent: ", bytes)
+
+    while true do
+        local line, err, part = sock:receive()
+        if line then
+            ngx.say("received: ", line)
+
+        else
+            ngx.say("failed to receive a line: ", err, " [", part, "]")
+            break
+        end
+    end
+
+    ok, err = sock:close()
+    ngx.say("close: ", ok, " ", err)
+end
+
+
 function _M.test(uri, method, body, pattern)
     if type(body) == "table" then
         body = json.encode(body)
@@ -67,6 +106,10 @@ function _M.test(uri, method, body, pattern)
             },
         }
     )
+    if not res then
+        ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "failed http: ", err)
+        return nil, err
+    end
 
     if res.status >= 300 then
         return res.status, res.body
diff --git a/t/node/remote-addr-ipv6.t b/t/node/remote-addr-ipv6.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d370c88f91a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/node/remote-addr-ipv6.t
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+use t::APISix;
+
+no_root_location();
+
+my $travis_os_name = $ENV{TRAVIS_OS_NAME};
+if ($travis_os_name eq "osx") {
+    plan 'no_plan';
+} else {
+    plan(skip_all => "skip remote address(IPv6) under linux");
+}
+
+run_tests();
+
+__DATA__
+
+=== TEST 1: set route: remote addr = ::1
+--- config
+    location /t {
+        content_by_lua_block {
+            local t = require("lib.test_admin").test
+            local code, body = t('/apisix/admin/routes/1',
+                 ngx.HTTP_PUT,
+                 [[{
+                        "remote_addr": "::1",
+                        "upstream": {
+                            "nodes": {
+                                "127.0.0.1:1980": 1
+                            },
+                            "type": "roundrobin"
+                        },
+                        "uri": "/hello"
+                }]]
+                )
+
+            if code >= 300 then
+                ngx.status = code
+            end
+
+            ngx.say(body)
+        }
+    }
+--- request
+GET /t
+--- response_body
+passed
+--- no_error_log
+[error]
+
+
+
+=== TEST 2: IPv6 /not_found
+--- listen_ipv6
+--- config
+location /t {
+    content_by_lua_block {
+        ngx.sleep(0.2)
+        local t = require("lib.test_admin").test_ipv6
+        t('/not_found')
+    }
+}
+--- request
+GET /t
+--- response_body_like eval
+qr{.*404 Not Found.*}
+--- no_error_log
+[error]
+
+
+
+=== TEST 3: IPv4 /not_found
+--- listen_ipv6
+--- request
+GET /not_found
+--- error_code: 404
+--- response_body_like eval
+qr{.*404 Not Found.*}
+--- no_error_log
+[error]
+
+
+
+=== TEST 4: IPv6 /hello
+--- listen_ipv6
+--- config
+location /t {
+    content_by_lua_block {
+        ngx.sleep(0.2)
+        local t = require("lib.test_admin").test_ipv6
+        t('/hello')
+    }
+}
+--- request
+GET /t
+--- response_body
+connected: 1
+request sent: 59
+received: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+received: Content-Type: text/plain
+received: Connection: close
+received: Server: openresty
+received: 
+received: hello world
+failed to receive a line: closed []
+close: 1 nil
+--- no_error_log
+[error]
+
+
+
+=== TEST 5: IPv4 /hello
+--- listen_ipv6
+--- request
+GET /hello
+--- error_code: 404
+--- response_body_like eval
+qr{.*404 Not Found.*}
+--- no_error_log
+[error]
diff --git a/t/node/remote-addr.t b/t/node/remote-addr.t
index a480d6eeb034..47aa211fdd6e 100644
--- a/t/node/remote-addr.t
+++ b/t/node/remote-addr.t
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ passed
 === TEST 5: not hit route: 127.0.0.2 =~ 127.0.0.1
 --- request
 GET /hello
---- response_body
-hello world
+--- error_code: 404
+--- response_body_like eval
+qr/404 Not Found/
 --- no_error_log
 [error]