diff --git a/oslo_serialization/jsonutils.py b/oslo_serialization/jsonutils.py
index 0e758c3..dff2945 100644
--- a/oslo_serialization/jsonutils.py
+++ b/oslo_serialization/jsonutils.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ from oslo_utils import timeutils
 import six
 import six.moves.xmlrpc_client as xmlrpclib
 
+ipaddress = importutils.try_import("ipaddress")
 netaddr = importutils.try_import("netaddr")
 
 _nasty_type_tests = [inspect.ismodule, inspect.isclass, inspect.ismethod,
@@ -109,6 +110,11 @@ def to_primitive(value, convert_instances=False, convert_datetime=True,
     if netaddr and isinstance(value, netaddr.IPAddress):
         return six.text_type(value)
 
+    if ipaddress and isinstance(value,
+                                (ipaddress.IPv4Address,
+                                 ipaddress.IPv6Address)):
+        return six.text_type(value)
+
     # value of itertools.count doesn't get caught by nasty_type_tests
     # and results in infinite loop when list(value) is called.
     if type(value) == itertools.count:
diff --git a/oslo_serialization/tests/test_jsonutils.py b/oslo_serialization/tests/test_jsonutils.py
index 6e0fd3f..19986b6 100644
--- a/oslo_serialization/tests/test_jsonutils.py
+++ b/oslo_serialization/tests/test_jsonutils.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import collections
 import datetime
+import ipaddress
 import json
 
 import mock
@@ -301,11 +302,21 @@ class ToPrimitiveTestCase(test_base.BaseTestCase):
         ret = jsonutils.to_primitive(l4_obj, max_depth=4)
         self.assertEqual(ret, json_l4)
 
-    def test_ipaddr(self):
+    def test_ipaddr_using_netaddr(self):
         thing = {'ip_addr': netaddr.IPAddress('1.2.3.4')}
         ret = jsonutils.to_primitive(thing)
         self.assertEqual({'ip_addr': '1.2.3.4'}, ret)
 
+    def test_ipaddr_using_ipaddress_v4(self):
+        thing = {'ip_addr': ipaddress.ip_address(u'192.168.0.1')}
+        ret = jsonutils.to_primitive(thing)
+        self.assertEqual({'ip_addr': '192.168.0.1'}, ret)
+
+    def test_ipaddr_using_ipaddress_v6(self):
+        thing = {'ip_addr': ipaddress.ip_address(u'2001:db8::')}
+        ret = jsonutils.to_primitive(thing)
+        self.assertEqual({'ip_addr': '2001:db8::'}, ret)
+
     def test_message_with_param(self):
         msg = self.trans_fixture.lazy('A message with param: %s')
         msg = msg % 'test_domain'
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 61e43b4..013ac33 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 hacking<0.11,>=0.10.0
+ipaddress>=1.0.7;python_version<'3.3'  # PSF
 mock>=2.0 # BSD
 netaddr!=0.7.16,>=0.7.12 # BSD