diff --git a/ip.go b/ip.go
index d188957..421dddf 100644
--- a/ip.go
+++ b/ip.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ var (
 	// IP6Loopback is the ip6 loopback multiaddr
 	IP6Loopback = ma.StringCast("/ip6/::1")
 
-	// IP6LinkLocalLoopback is the ip6 link-local loopback multiaddr
-	IP6LinkLocalLoopback = ma.StringCast("/ip6/fe80::1")
+	// IP4MappedIP6Loopback is the IPv4 Mapped IPv6 loopback address.
+	IP4MappedIP6Loopback = ma.StringCast("/ip6/::ffff:127.0.0.1")
 )
 
 // Unspecified Addresses (used for )
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ var (
 // following byte sequences is considered a loopback multiaddr.
 var loopbackPrefixes = [][]byte{
 	{ma.P_IP4, 127}, // 127.*
-	IP6LinkLocalLoopback.Bytes(),
-	IP6Loopback.Bytes(),
+	{ma.P_IP6, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0xff, 0xff, 127}, // ::ffff:127.*
+	IP6Loopback.Bytes(), // ::1
 }
 
 // IsThinWaist returns whether a Multiaddr starts with "Thin Waist" Protocols.
diff --git a/net_test.go b/net_test.go
index 9454fe2..553dcba 100644
--- a/net_test.go
+++ b/net_test.go
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ func TestIPLoopback(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("IP6Loopback incorrect:", IP6Loopback)
 	}
 
-	if IP6LinkLocalLoopback.String() != "/ip6/fe80::1" {
-		t.Error("IP6LinkLocalLoopback incorrect:", IP6Loopback)
+	if IP4MappedIP6Loopback.String() != "/ip6/127.0.0.1" {
+		t.Error("IP4MappedIP6Loopback incorrect:", IP4MappedIP6Loopback)
 	}
 
 	if !IsIPLoopback(IP4Loopback) {
@@ -330,8 +330,16 @@ func TestIPLoopback(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("IsIPLoopback failed (IP6Loopback)")
 	}
 
-	if !IsIPLoopback(IP6LinkLocalLoopback) {
-		t.Error("IsIPLoopback failed (IP6LinkLocalLoopback)")
+	if !IsIPLoopback(newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/127.0.0.1")) {
+		t.Error("IsIPLoopback failed (/ip6/127.0.0.1)")
+	}
+
+	if !IsIPLoopback(newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/127.99.3.2")) {
+		t.Error("IsIPLoopback failed (/ip6/127.99.3.2)")
+	}
+
+	if IsIPLoopback(newMultiaddr(t, "/ip6/::fffa:127.99.3.2")) {
+		t.Error("IsIPLoopback false positive (/ip6/::fffa:127.99.3.2)")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -354,10 +362,6 @@ func TestIPUnspecified(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIP6LinkLocal(t *testing.T) {
-	if !IsIP6LinkLocal(IP6LinkLocalLoopback) {
-		t.Error("IsIP6LinkLocal failed (IP6LinkLocalLoopback)")
-	}
-
 	for a := 0; a < 65536; a++ {
 		isLinkLocal := (a == 0xfe80)
 		m := newMultiaddr(t, fmt.Sprintf("/ip6/%x::1", a))