diff --git a/network/net-snmp/net-snmp.conf b/network/net-snmp/net-snmp.conf
index a745cec16..adad433d9 100644
--- a/network/net-snmp/net-snmp.conf
+++ b/network/net-snmp/net-snmp.conf
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ fi
 # Use defaults for prompted values
 var_append confopt ' ' "--with-defaults"
 
+# IPv6 support by default
+var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--enable-ipv6"
+
 # optional tcp_wrappers support
 pkginstalled tcp_wrappers && var_append confopt ' ' "--with-libwrap"