diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 4de6f9c5f6f23a..409db6feb92fa2 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const {
   NumberParseInt,
   ObjectDefineProperty,
   ObjectSetPrototypeOf,
+  RegExpPrototypeExec,
   Symbol,
   SymbolAsyncDispose,
   SymbolDispose,
@@ -2019,6 +2020,10 @@ Server.prototype.listen = function(...args) {
     toNumber(args.length > 2 && args[2]);  // (port, host, backlog)
 
   options = options._handle || options.handle || options;
+  if (typeof options.host === 'string' && RegExpPrototypeExec(/\[.*\]/, options.host) !== null) {
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('host', options.host, 'must not contain sqaure brackets');
+  }
+
   const flags = getFlags(options.ipv6Only);
   //  Refresh the id to make the previous call invalid
   this._listeningId++;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-server-listen-options.js b/test/parallel/test-net-server-listen-options.js
index 7e306af8ab082f..c0b2e6d8f37c89 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-server-listen-options.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-server-listen-options.js
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ const listenOnPort = [
                       name: 'TypeError',
                       message: /^The argument 'options' must have the property "port" or "path"\. Received .+$/,
                     });
+    } else if (options.host && options.host.match(/\[.*\]/)) {
+      assert.throws(fn,
+                    {
+                      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE',
+                      name: 'TypeError',
+                      message: /^The argument 'host' must not contain sqaure brackets\. Received .+$/,
+                    });
     } else {
       assert.throws(fn,
                     {
@@ -91,4 +98,5 @@ const listenOnPort = [
   shouldFailToListen({ host: 'localhost:3000' });
   shouldFailToListen({ host: { port: 3000 } });
   shouldFailToListen({ exclusive: true });
+  shouldFailToListen({ host: '[::]', port: 3000 });
 }