diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
index 49b4baf91ee5..32ed18715c50 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
@@ -9264,6 +9264,10 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase,
                              etree.tostring(config, encoding='unicode'))
 
     def test_live_migration_uri(self):
+        addresses = ('127.0.0.1', '127.0.0.1:4444', '[::1]:4444',
+                    '[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]:4444', u'127.0.0.1', u'destination',
+        )
+
         hypervisor_uri_map = (
             ('xen', 'xenmigr://%s/system'),
             ('kvm', 'qemu+tcp://%s/system'),
@@ -9272,17 +9276,42 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase,
             # anything else will return None
             ('lxc', None),
         )
-        dest = 'destination'
-        for hyperv, uri in hypervisor_uri_map:
-            self.flags(virt_type=hyperv, group='libvirt')
-            drvr = libvirt_driver.LibvirtDriver(fake.FakeVirtAPI(), False)
-            if uri is not None:
-                uri = uri % dest
-                self.assertEqual(uri, drvr._live_migration_uri(dest))
-            else:
-                self.assertRaises(exception.LiveMigrationURINotAvailable,
-                                  drvr._live_migration_uri,
-                                  dest)
+
+        drvr = libvirt_driver.LibvirtDriver(fake.FakeVirtAPI(), False)
+        for dest in addresses:
+            for hyperv, uri in hypervisor_uri_map:
+                self.flags(virt_type=hyperv, group='libvirt')
+                if uri is not None:
+                    uri = uri % dest
+                    self.assertEqual(uri, drvr._live_migration_uri(dest))
+                else:
+                    self.assertRaises(exception.LiveMigrationURINotAvailable,
+                                      drvr._live_migration_uri,
+                                      dest)
+
+    def test_live_migration_uri_ipv6(self):
+        addresses = ('::1', '0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1', u'::1')
+
+        hypervisor_uri_map = (
+            ('xen', 'xenmigr://[%s]/system'),
+            ('kvm', 'qemu+tcp://[%s]/system'),
+            ('qemu', 'qemu+tcp://[%s]/system'),
+            ('parallels', 'parallels+tcp://[%s]/system'),
+            # anything else will return None
+            ('lxc', None),
+        )
+
+        for dest in addresses:
+            for hyperv, uri in hypervisor_uri_map:
+                self.flags(virt_type=hyperv, group='libvirt')
+                drvr = libvirt_driver.LibvirtDriver(fake.FakeVirtAPI(), False)
+                if uri is not None:
+                    uri = uri % dest
+                    self.assertEqual(uri, drvr._live_migration_uri(dest))
+                else:
+                    self.assertRaises(exception.LiveMigrationURINotAvailable,
+                                      drvr._live_migration_uri,
+                                      dest)
 
     def test_live_migration_uri_forced(self):
         dest = 'destination'
@@ -9338,12 +9367,26 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase,
         self.flags(virt_type='kvm', group='libvirt')
 
         drvr = libvirt_driver.LibvirtDriver(fake.FakeVirtAPI(), False)
-        addresses = ('127.0.0.1', '127.0.0.1:4444',
-                     '0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1', '[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]:4444',
-                     u'127.0.0.1', u'destination')
+        addresses = ('127.0.0.1', '127.0.0.1:4444', '[::1]:4444',
+                    '[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]:4444', u'127.0.0.1', u'destination',
+        )
+
         for dest in addresses:
+            uri = 'tcp://%s'
             result = drvr._migrate_uri(dest)
-            self.assertEqual('tcp://%s' % dest, result)
+            self.assertEqual(uri % dest, result)
+            self.assertIsInstance(result, str)
+
+    def test_migrate_uri_forced_live_migration_inboud_addr_ipv6(self):
+        self.flags(virt_type='kvm', group='libvirt')
+
+        drvr = libvirt_driver.LibvirtDriver(fake.FakeVirtAPI(), False)
+        addresses = ('::1', '0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1', u'::1')
+
+        for dest in addresses:
+            uri = 'tcp://[%s]'
+            result = drvr._migrate_uri(dest)
+            self.assertEqual(uri % dest, result)
             self.assertIsInstance(result, str)
 
     def test_update_volume_xml_no_serial(self):
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
index 25d528208dd5..db6f1b199ee6 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 from oslo_utils import excutils
 from oslo_utils import fileutils
 from oslo_utils import importutils
+from oslo_utils import netutils as oslo_netutils
 from oslo_utils import strutils
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
 from oslo_utils import units
@@ -741,6 +742,8 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
             'xen': 'xenmigr://%s/system',
             'parallels': 'parallels+tcp://%s/system',
         }
+        dest = oslo_netutils.escape_ipv6(dest)
+
         virt_type = CONF.libvirt.virt_type
         # TODO(pkoniszewski): Remove fetching live_migration_uri in Pike
         uri = CONF.libvirt.live_migration_uri
@@ -760,6 +763,8 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
     @staticmethod
     def _migrate_uri(dest):
         uri = None
+        dest = oslo_netutils.escape_ipv6(dest)
+
         # Only QEMU live migrations supports migrate-uri parameter
         virt_type = CONF.libvirt.virt_type
         if virt_type in ('qemu', 'kvm'):
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/libvirt_fix_ipv6_live_migration-bbcde8f3b7d17921.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/libvirt_fix_ipv6_live_migration-bbcde8f3b7d17921.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7171f73a5588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/libvirt_fix_ipv6_live_migration-bbcde8f3b7d17921.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - A change has been introduced in the libvirt driver to correctly handle
+    IPv6 addresses for live migration.