diff --git a/darkhttpd.c b/darkhttpd.c
index ea778b4..a4a4c8f 100644
--- a/darkhttpd.c
+++ b/darkhttpd.c
@@ -797,8 +797,12 @@ static const char *get_address_text(const void *addr) {
 #ifdef HAVE_INET6
     if (inet6) {
         static char text_addr[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
-        inet_ntop(AF_INET6, (const struct in6_addr *)addr, text_addr,
-                  INET6_ADDRSTRLEN);
+        const struct in6_addr *in6_addr = addr;
+        inet_ntop(AF_INET6, in6_addr, text_addr, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN);
+        /* IPv4 addresses via dual stack result in mapped IPv6 addresses.
+           Strip the prefix (::ffff:) for plain IPv4 addresses. */
+        if (IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED(in6_addr))
+            return text_addr + 7;
         return text_addr;
     } else
 #endif