diff --git a/ext/sockets/tests/ipv6_skipif.inc b/ext/sockets/tests/ipv6_skipif.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad8cf77b357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/sockets/tests/ipv6_skipif.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+if (!defined("AF_INET6")) {
+	die('skip no IPv6 support');
+}
+/* If IPv6 is supported on the platform this will error out with code 111 - Connection refused.
+   If IPv6 is NOT supported, $errno will be set to something else (indicating parse/getaddrinfo error) */
+@stream_socket_client('tcp://[::1]:0', $errno);
+if ($errno != 111) die('skip no IPv6 support');
diff --git a/ext/sockets/tests/ipv6loop.phpt b/ext/sockets/tests/ipv6loop.phpt
index 6fb584045f7..6967605ffa2 100644
--- a/ext/sockets/tests/ipv6loop.phpt
+++ b/ext/sockets/tests/ipv6loop.phpt
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ IPv6 Loopback test
 	if (!extension_loaded('sockets')) {
 		die('skip sockets extension not available.');
 	}
-	if (!defined("AF_INET6")) {
-		die('skip no IPv6 support');
-	}
+	require 'ipv6_skipif.inc';
 ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/sockets/tests/socket_sentto_recvfrom_ipv6_udp.phpt b/ext/sockets/tests/socket_sentto_recvfrom_ipv6_udp.phpt
index 5b8b742f3f4..1fa42fd5da4 100644
--- a/ext/sockets/tests/socket_sentto_recvfrom_ipv6_udp.phpt
+++ b/ext/sockets/tests/socket_sentto_recvfrom_ipv6_udp.phpt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Test if socket_recvfrom() receives data sent by socket_sendto() via IPv6 UDP
 if (!extension_loaded('sockets')) {
     die('SKIP The sockets extension is not loaded.');
 }
+require 'ipv6_skipif.inc';
 --FILE--
 <?php
     $socket = socket_create(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_UDP);