diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 67bbca1272..cf9020b08d 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import execa = require('execa');
 import fs = require('fs');
 import https = require('https');
+import net = require('net');
 import path = require('path');
 
 import yaml = require('js-yaml');
@@ -197,11 +198,17 @@ export class KubeConfig {
             scheme = 'http';
         }
 
+        // Wrap raw IPv6 addresses in brackets.
+        let serverHost = host;
+        if (host && net.isIPv6(host)) {
+            serverHost = `[${host}]`;
+        }
+
         this.clusters = [
             {
                 name: clusterName,
                 caFile: `${pathPrefix}${Config.SERVICEACCOUNT_CA_PATH}`,
-                server: `${scheme}://${host}:${port}`,
+                server: `${scheme}://${serverHost}:${port}`,
                 skipTLSVerify: false,
             },
         ];
diff --git a/src/config_test.ts b/src/config_test.ts
index 7ec14e8651..c9e5e09117 100644
--- a/src/config_test.ts
+++ b/src/config_test.ts
@@ -1073,6 +1073,32 @@ describe('KubeConfig', () => {
             expect(cluster.server).to.equal('http://kubernetes:80');
         });
 
+        it('should load from cluster with ipv6', () => {
+            const token = 'token';
+            const cert = 'cert';
+            mockfs({
+                '/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount': {
+                    'ca.crt': cert,
+                    token,
+                },
+            });
+
+            process.env.KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST = '::1234:5678';
+            process.env.KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT = '80';
+            const kc = new KubeConfig();
+            kc.loadFromDefault();
+            mockfs.restore();
+            delete process.env.KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST;
+            delete process.env.KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT;
+
+            const cluster = kc.getCurrentCluster();
+            expect(cluster).to.not.be.null;
+            if (!cluster) {
+                return;
+            }
+            expect(cluster.server).to.equal('http://[::1234:5678]:80');
+        });
+
         it('should default to localhost', () => {
             const currentHome = process.env.HOME;
             process.env.HOME = '/non/existent';