diff --git a/src/plugins/janus_streaming.c b/src/plugins/janus_streaming.c
index c9ed753ae5..93611daac7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/janus_streaming.c
+++ b/src/plugins/janus_streaming.c
@@ -1239,6 +1239,7 @@ static janus_mutex config_mutex = JANUS_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 static volatile gint initialized = 0, stopping = 0;
 static gboolean notify_events = TRUE;
 static gboolean string_ids = FALSE;
+static gboolean ipv6_disabled = FALSE;
 static janus_callbacks *gateway = NULL;
 static GThread *handler_thread;
 static void *janus_streaming_handler(void *data);
@@ -1995,6 +1996,21 @@ int janus_streaming_init(janus_callbacks *callback, const char *config_path) {
 	if(config != NULL)
 		janus_config_print(config);
 
+	/* Let's check if IPv6 is disabled, as we may need when creating sockets */
+	int fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
+	if(fd < 0) {
+		ipv6_disabled = TRUE;
+	} else {
+		int v6only = 0;
+		if(setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, &v6only, sizeof(v6only)) != 0)
+			ipv6_disabled = TRUE;
+	}
+	if(fd >= 0)
+		close(fd);
+	if(ipv6_disabled) {
+		JANUS_LOG(LOG_WARN, "IPv6 disabled, will only use IPv4 sockets for mountpoints\n");
+	}
+
 	/* Threads will expect this to be set */
 	g_atomic_int_set(&initialized, 1);
 
@@ -7211,7 +7227,8 @@ static int janus_streaming_create_fd(int port, in_addr_t mcast, const janus_netw
 
 	int fd = -1, family = 0;
 	while(1) {
-		family = 0;	/* By default, we bind to both IPv4 and IPv6 */
+		/* By default, we bind to both IPv4 and IPv6, unless IPv6 is disabled */
+		family = ipv6_disabled ? AF_INET : 0;
 		if(use_range && rtp_port_wrap && rtp_port_next >= rtp_port_start) {
 			/* Full range scanned */
 			JANUS_LOG(LOG_ERR, "No ports available for RTP/RTCP in range: %u -- %u\n",
@@ -7308,6 +7325,10 @@ static int janus_streaming_create_fd(int port, in_addr_t mcast, const janus_netw
 					if(host && hostlen > 0)
 						g_strlcpy(host, janus_network_address_string_from_buffer(&address_representation), hostlen);
 				} else if(iface->family == AF_INET6) {
+					if(ipv6_disabled) {
+						JANUS_LOG(LOG_ERR, "[%s] Can't bind to IPv6 address, IPv6 is disabled\n", mountpointname);
+						continue;
+					}
 					memcpy(&address6.sin6_addr, &iface->ipv6, sizeof(iface->ipv6));
 					(void) janus_network_address_to_string_buffer(iface, &address_representation); /* This is OK: if we get here iface must be non-NULL */
 					JANUS_LOG(LOG_INFO, "[%s] %s listener restricted to interface address: %s\n",