diff --git a/healthcheck/opendaylight-api b/healthcheck/opendaylight-api
index 0e23eedd8..68394f2ca 100755
--- a/healthcheck/opendaylight-api
+++ b/healthcheck/opendaylight-api
@@ -11,4 +11,9 @@ else
   bind_port=$(awk -F "= *" '/^org.osgi.service.http.port.secure/ {print $2}' $file)
 fi
 
+# Make Healthcheck URL IPv6 compatible
+if [[ $bind_host =~ .*:.* ]]; then
+  bind_host="[${bind_host}]"
+fi
+
 healthcheck_curl http://$bind_host:$bind_port/diagstatus