diff --git a/Sources/Common/Extensions/URLExtension.swift b/Sources/Common/Extensions/URLExtension.swift
index 786bf87d4..83d48dd3b 100644
--- a/Sources/Common/Extensions/URLExtension.swift
+++ b/Sources/Common/Extensions/URLExtension.swift
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 //
 
 import Foundation
+import Network
 
 extension URL {
 
@@ -193,6 +194,12 @@ extension URL {
                     // could be a local domain but user needs to use the protocol to specify that
                     return nil
                 }
+                if IPv4Address(String(hostname)) != nil {
+                    // Require 4 octets specified explicitly for an IPv4 address (avoid 1.4 -> 1.0.0.4 expansion)
+                    guard hostname.split(separator: ".").count == 4 else {
+                        return nil
+                    }
+                }
             } else {
                 return nil
             }
diff --git a/Tests/CommonTests/Extensions/URLExtensionTests.swift b/Tests/CommonTests/Extensions/URLExtensionTests.swift
index 48ea5acee..bd42c7cf8 100644
--- a/Tests/CommonTests/Extensions/URLExtensionTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/CommonTests/Extensions/URLExtensionTests.swift
@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@ final class URLExtensionTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertNil("localdomain".url)
     }
 
+    func testThatIPv4AddressMustContainFourOctets() {
+        XCTAssertNil("1.4".url)
+        XCTAssertNil("1.4/3.4".url)
+        XCTAssertNil("1.0.4".url)
+        XCTAssertNil("127.0.1".url)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual("127.0.0.1".url?.absoluteString, "http://127.0.0.1")
+        XCTAssertEqual("1.0.0.4/3.4".url?.absoluteString, "http://1.0.0.4/3.4")
+    }
+
     func testWhenNakedIsCalled_ThenURLWithNoSchemeWWWPrefixAndLastSlashIsReturned() {
         let url = URL(string: "http://duckduckgo.com")!
         let duplicate = URL(string: "https://www.duckduckgo.com/")!