diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 320b88a..50c8269 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ exports.validate = internals.validate = function (email, options, callback) {
             // labels   63 octets or less
             updateResult(internals.diagnoses.rfc5322LabelTooLong);
         }
-        else if (options.minDomainAtoms && atomData.domains.length < options.minDomainAtoms) {
+        else if (options.minDomainAtoms && atomData.domains.length < options.minDomainAtoms && (atomData.domains.length !== 1 || atomData.domains[0][0] !== '[')) {
             updateResult(internals.diagnoses.errDomainTooShort);
         }
         else if (options.tldWhitelist || options.tldBlacklist) {
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 168988e..2f6a338 100755
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -189,6 +189,20 @@ describe('validate()', () => {
         expect(Isemail.validate(expectations[0][0])).to.equal(expectations[0][1] < internals.defaultThreshold);
     });
 
+    it('should permit address literals with multiple required domain atoms', () => {
+
+        expect(Isemail.validate('joe@[IPv6:2a00:1450:4001:c02::1b]', {
+            minDomainAtoms: 2,
+            errorLevel: true
+        })).to.equal(diag.rfc5321AddressLiteral);
+
+        // Do not provide the same treatment to mixed domain parts.
+        expect(Isemail.validate('joe@[IPv6:2a00:1450:4001:c02::1b].com', {
+            minDomainAtoms: 3,
+            errorLevel: true
+        })).to.equal(diag.errDomainTooShort);
+    });
+
     expectations.forEach((obj, i) => {
 
         const email = obj[0];