diff --git a/src/Resolver.cc b/src/Resolver.cc
index 0332d5be4..4e119966e 100644
--- a/src/Resolver.cc
+++ b/src/Resolver.cc
@@ -355,6 +355,19 @@ int Resolver::FindAddressFamily(const char *name)
    return -1;
 }
 
+bool Resolver::IsAddressFamilySupporded(int af)
+{
+#if INET6
+   // check if ipv6 is really supported
+   if(af==AF_INET6 && (!FindGlobalIPv6Address() || !CanCreateIpv6Socket()))
+   {
+      LogNote(4, "IPv6 is not supported or configured");
+      return false;
+   }
+#endif // INET6
+   return true;
+}
+
 void Resolver::ParseOrder(const char *s,int *o)
 {
    const char * const delim="\t ";
@@ -364,7 +377,7 @@ void Resolver::ParseOrder(const char *s,int *o)
    for(s1=strtok(s1,delim); s1; s1=strtok(0,delim))
    {
       int af=FindAddressFamily(s1);
-      if(af!=-1 && idx<15)
+      if(af!=-1 && idx<15 && IsAddressFamilySupporded(af))
       {
 	 if(o) o[idx]=af;
 	 idx++;
diff --git a/src/Resolver.h b/src/Resolver.h
index 724714d94..18eeed42f 100644
--- a/src/Resolver.h
+++ b/src/Resolver.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "Cache.h"
 #include "network.h"
 
-class Resolver : public SMTask, protected ProtoLog
+class Resolver : public SMTask, protected ProtoLog, protected Networker
 {
    xstring hostname;
    xstring portname;
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class Resolver : public SMTask, protected ProtoLog
    void	 DoGethostbyname();
 
    static int FindAddressFamily(const char *name);
+   static bool IsAddressFamilySupporded(int af);
    static void ParseOrder(const char *s,int *o);
 
    void LookupOne(const char *name);
diff --git a/src/network.cc b/src/network.cc
index e54076dec..ea1b02ebb 100644
--- a/src/network.cc
+++ b/src/network.cc
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ const char *Networker::FindGlobalIPv6Address()
    return 0;
 }
 
-static bool CanCreateIpv6Socket()
+bool Networker::CanCreateIpv6Socket()
 {
 #if INET6
    bool can=true;
@@ -472,16 +472,3 @@ static bool CanCreateIpv6Socket()
    return false;
 #endif
 }
-
-static struct NetworkInit : private Networker {
-   NetworkInit();
-} NETWORK_INIT;
-
-NetworkInit::NetworkInit()
-{
-#if INET6
-   // check if ipv6 is really supported
-   if(!Networker::FindGlobalIPv6Address() || !CanCreateIpv6Socket())
-      ResMgr::Set("dns:order",0,"inet");
-#endif // INET6
-}
diff --git a/src/network.h b/src/network.h
index 3223ce82b..e4ede6ef2 100644
--- a/src/network.h
+++ b/src/network.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ class Networker
    static int SocketCreateUnboundTCP(int af,const char *hostname);
    static void SocketSinglePF(int sock,int pf);
    static const char *FindGlobalIPv6Address();
+   static bool CanCreateIpv6Socket();
 };
 
 #endif //NETWORK_H