diff --git a/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/AbstractDatagramTest.java b/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/AbstractDatagramTest.java
index 2d19f3da23..9c4a5f0d1e 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/AbstractDatagramTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/AbstractDatagramTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package io.netty.testsuite.transport.socket;
 import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
+import io.netty.channel.socket.InternetProtocolFamily;
 import io.netty.testsuite.transport.AbstractComboTestsuiteTest;
 import io.netty.testsuite.transport.TestsuitePermutation;
 import io.netty.util.NetUtil;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatagramTest extends AbstractComboTestsuiteTest<Bo
 
     @Override
     protected List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<Bootstrap, Bootstrap>> newFactories() {
-        return SocketTestPermutation.INSTANCE.datagram();
+        return SocketTestPermutation.INSTANCE.datagram(InternetProtocolFamily.IPv4);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -44,11 +45,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatagramTest extends AbstractComboTestsuiteTest<Bo
     }
 
     protected SocketAddress newSocketAddress() {
-        // We use LOCALHOST4 as we use InternetProtocolFamily.IPv4 when creating the DatagramChannel and its
-        // not supported to bind to and IPV6 address in this case.
-        //
-        // See also http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/jdk/file/e74259b3eadc/
-        // src/share/classes/sun/nio/ch/DatagramChannelImpl.java#l684
-        return new InetSocketAddress(NetUtil.LOCALHOST4, 0);
+        switch (internetProtocolFamily()) {
+            case IPv4:
+                return new InetSocketAddress(NetUtil.LOCALHOST4, 0);
+            case IPv6:
+                return new InetSocketAddress(NetUtil.LOCALHOST6, 0);
+            default:
+                throw new AssertionError();
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected InternetProtocolFamily internetProtocolFamily() {
+        return InternetProtocolFamily.IPv4;
     }
 }
diff --git a/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/DatagramMulticastIPv6Test.java b/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/DatagramMulticastIPv6Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa85e65218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/DatagramMulticastIPv6Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 The Netty Project
+ *
+ * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package io.netty.testsuite.transport.socket;
+
+import io.netty.channel.socket.InternetProtocolFamily;
+
+public class DatagramMulticastIPv6Test extends DatagramMulticastTest {
+
+    @Override
+    protected InternetProtocolFamily internetProtocolFamily() {
+        return InternetProtocolFamily.IPv6;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/DatagramMulticastTest.java b/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/DatagramMulticastTest.java
index 7e81d5c5df..3111c35fd9 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/DatagramMulticastTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/DatagramMulticastTest.java
@@ -23,11 +23,20 @@ import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.SimpleChannelInboundHandler;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.DatagramChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.DatagramPacket;
+import io.netty.channel.socket.InternetProtocolFamily;
+import io.netty.testsuite.transport.TestsuitePermutation;
 import io.netty.util.NetUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.SocketUtils;
+import org.junit.Assume;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.net.Inet4Address;
+import java.net.Inet6Address;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
@@ -64,7 +73,8 @@ public class DatagramMulticastTest extends AbstractDatagramTest {
 
         DatagramChannel cc = (DatagramChannel) cb.bind().sync().channel();
 
-        String group = "230.0.0.1";
+        String group = internetProtocolFamily() == InternetProtocolFamily.IPv4 ?
+                "230.0.0.1" : "FF01:0:0:0:0:0:0:101";
         InetSocketAddress groupAddress = SocketUtils.socketAddress(group, addr.getPort());
 
         cc.joinGroup(groupAddress, NetUtil.LOOPBACK_IF).sync();
@@ -115,4 +125,25 @@ public class DatagramMulticastTest extends AbstractDatagramTest {
             return success;
         }
     }
+
+    @Before
+    public void assumeInternetProtocolFamilySupported() {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(isSupported(internetProtocolFamily() == InternetProtocolFamily.IPv4 ?
+                Inet4Address.class : Inet6Address.class));
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isSupported(Class<? extends InetAddress> addressType) {
+        Enumeration<InetAddress> addresses = NetUtil.LOOPBACK_IF.getInetAddresses();
+        while (addresses.hasMoreElements()) {
+            if (addressType.isAssignableFrom(addresses.nextElement().getClass())) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<Bootstrap, Bootstrap>> newFactories() {
+        return SocketTestPermutation.INSTANCE.datagram(internetProtocolFamily());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/SocketTestPermutation.java b/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/SocketTestPermutation.java
index 3af9b7ed01..18286489e5 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/SocketTestPermutation.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/SocketTestPermutation.java
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ public class SocketTestPermutation {
         return combo(sbfs, cbfs);
     }
 
-    public List<BootstrapComboFactory<Bootstrap, Bootstrap>> datagram() {
+    public List<BootstrapComboFactory<Bootstrap, Bootstrap>> datagram(final InternetProtocolFamily family) {
         // Make the list of Bootstrap factories.
         List<BootstrapFactory<Bootstrap>> bfs = Collections.singletonList(
                 () -> new Bootstrap().group(nioWorkerGroup).channelFactory(new ChannelFactory<Channel>() {
                     @Override
                     public Channel newChannel(EventLoop eventLoop) {
-                        return new NioDatagramChannel(eventLoop, InternetProtocolFamily.IPv4);
+                        return new NioDatagramChannel(eventLoop, family);
                     }
 
                     @Override
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramMulticastTest.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramMulticastTest.java
index d807ed60c9..ce61b7ca6d 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramMulticastTest.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramMulticastTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package io.netty.channel.epoll;
 
 import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
+import io.netty.channel.socket.InternetProtocolFamily;
 import io.netty.testsuite.transport.TestsuitePermutation;
 import io.netty.testsuite.transport.socket.DatagramMulticastTest;
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class EpollDatagramMulticastTest extends DatagramMulticastTest {
     @Override
     protected List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<Bootstrap, Bootstrap>> newFactories() {
-        return EpollSocketTestPermutation.INSTANCE.datagram();
+        return EpollSocketTestPermutation.INSTANCE.datagram(InternetProtocolFamily.IPv4);
     }
 
     public void testMulticast(Bootstrap sb, Bootstrap cb) throws Throwable {
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramUnicastTest.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramUnicastTest.java
index a8ed58ed25..9322a7d034 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramUnicastTest.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramUnicastTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package io.netty.channel.epoll;
 
 import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
+import io.netty.channel.socket.InternetProtocolFamily;
 import io.netty.testsuite.transport.TestsuitePermutation;
 import io.netty.testsuite.transport.socket.DatagramUnicastTest;
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class EpollDatagramUnicastTest extends DatagramUnicastTest {
     @Override
     protected List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<Bootstrap, Bootstrap>> newFactories() {
-        return EpollSocketTestPermutation.INSTANCE.datagram();
+        return EpollSocketTestPermutation.INSTANCE.datagram(InternetProtocolFamily.IPv4);
     }
 
     public void testSimpleSendWithConnect(Bootstrap sb, Bootstrap cb) throws Throwable {
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketTestPermutation.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketTestPermutation.java
index ef47ec8426..2ba1b8f13a 100644
--- a/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketTestPermutation.java
+++ b/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketTestPermutation.java
@@ -99,14 +99,15 @@ class EpollSocketTestPermutation extends SocketTestPermutation {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<Bootstrap, Bootstrap>> datagram() {
+    public List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<Bootstrap, Bootstrap>> datagram(
+            final InternetProtocolFamily family) {
         // Make the list of Bootstrap factories.
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         List<BootstrapFactory<Bootstrap>> bfs = Arrays.asList(
                 () -> new Bootstrap().group(nioWorkerGroup).channelFactory(new ChannelFactory<Channel>() {
                     @Override
                     public Channel newChannel(EventLoop eventLoop) {
-                        return new NioDatagramChannel(eventLoop, InternetProtocolFamily.IPv4);
+                        return new NioDatagramChannel(eventLoop, family);
                     }
 
                     @Override
diff --git a/transport-native-kqueue/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueDatagramUnicastTest.java b/transport-native-kqueue/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueDatagramUnicastTest.java
index c805e9002e..282c4ab631 100644
--- a/transport-native-kqueue/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueDatagramUnicastTest.java
+++ b/transport-native-kqueue/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueDatagramUnicastTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package io.netty.channel.kqueue;
 
 import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
+import io.netty.channel.socket.InternetProtocolFamily;
 import io.netty.testsuite.transport.TestsuitePermutation;
 import io.netty.testsuite.transport.socket.DatagramUnicastTest;
 
@@ -24,6 +25,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class KQueueDatagramUnicastTest extends DatagramUnicastTest {
     @Override
     protected List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<Bootstrap, Bootstrap>> newFactories() {
-        return KQueueSocketTestPermutation.INSTANCE.datagram();
+        return KQueueSocketTestPermutation.INSTANCE.datagram(InternetProtocolFamily.IPv4);
     }
 }
diff --git a/transport-native-kqueue/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueSocketTestPermutation.java b/transport-native-kqueue/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueSocketTestPermutation.java
index 65b854e422..d2ef2184ca 100644
--- a/transport-native-kqueue/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueSocketTestPermutation.java
+++ b/transport-native-kqueue/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueSocketTestPermutation.java
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ class KQueueSocketTestPermutation extends SocketTestPermutation {
             new MultithreadEventLoopGroup(WORKERS, new DefaultThreadFactory("testsuite-KQueue-worker", true),
                     KQueueHandler.newFactory());
 
-    private static final InternalLogger logger = InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(KQueueSocketTestPermutation.class);
-
     @Override
     public List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<ServerBootstrap, Bootstrap>> socket() {
 
@@ -87,14 +85,15 @@ class KQueueSocketTestPermutation extends SocketTestPermutation {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<Bootstrap, Bootstrap>> datagram() {
+    public List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<Bootstrap, Bootstrap>> datagram(
+            final InternetProtocolFamily family) {
         // Make the list of Bootstrap factories.
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         List<BootstrapFactory<Bootstrap>> bfs = Arrays.asList(
                 () -> new Bootstrap().group(nioWorkerGroup).channelFactory(new ChannelFactory<Channel>() {
                     @Override
                     public Channel newChannel(EventLoop eventLoop) {
-                        return new NioDatagramChannel(eventLoop, InternetProtocolFamily.IPv4);
+                        return new NioDatagramChannel(eventLoop, family);
                     }
 
                     @Override