diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index 4026314435a109dfcaab0130f8233d65bcfb7264..2add83a0fcf79ad580e4606381430696fc55a86e 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 #ifndef AI_ADDRCONFIG
 # define AI_ADDRCONFIG 0
 #endif
+#ifndef AI_V4MAPPED
+# define AI_V4MAPPED 0
+#endif
 
 /* used temporarily until all users are converted to QemuOpts */
 QemuOptsList socket_optslist = {
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ int inet_listen_opts(QemuOpts *opts, int port_offset, Error **errp)
     int slisten, rc, to, port_min, port_max, p;
 
     memset(&ai,0, sizeof(ai));
-    ai.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE | AI_ADDRCONFIG;
+    ai.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;
     ai.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
     ai.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
 
@@ -335,7 +338,7 @@ static struct addrinfo *inet_parse_connect_opts(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 
     memset(&ai, 0, sizeof(ai));
 
-    ai.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME | AI_ADDRCONFIG;
+    ai.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME | AI_V4MAPPED | AI_ADDRCONFIG;
     ai.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
     ai.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
 
@@ -435,7 +438,7 @@ int inet_dgram_opts(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 
     /* lookup peer addr */
     memset(&ai,0, sizeof(ai));
-    ai.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME | AI_ADDRCONFIG;
+    ai.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME | AI_V4MAPPED | AI_ADDRCONFIG;
     ai.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
     ai.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;