diff --git a/src/conky.cc b/src/conky.cc
index ce9ee7df..1e2f0e4a 100644
--- a/src/conky.cc
+++ b/src/conky.cc
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ static void print_version(void)
 #ifdef BUILD_HTTP
                 << _("  * HTTP\n")
 #endif
+#ifdef BUILD_IPV6
+                << _("  * IPv6\n")
+#endif /* BUILD_IPV6 */
 #ifdef BUILD_IRC
                 << _("  * IRC\n")
 #endif
diff --git a/src/linux.cc b/src/linux.cc
index 5b5a5404..8db40a69 100644
--- a/src/linux.cc
+++ b/src/linux.cc
@@ -575,11 +575,11 @@ int update_net_stats(void)
 	FILE *file;
 	char v6addr[32];
 	char devname[21];
-	unsigned int netmask;
+	unsigned int netmask, scope;
 	struct net_stat *ns;
 	struct v6addr *lastv6;
 	if ((file = fopen(PROCDIR"/net/if_inet6", "r")) != NULL) {
-		while (fscanf(file, "%32s %*02x %02x %*02x %*02x %20s\n", v6addr, &netmask, devname) != EOF) {
+		while (fscanf(file, "%32s %*02x %02x %02x %*02x %20s\n", v6addr, &netmask, &scope, devname) != EOF) {
 			ns = get_net_stat(devname, NULL, NULL);
 			if(ns->v6addrs == NULL) {
 				lastv6 = (struct v6addr *) malloc(sizeof(struct v6addr));
@@ -592,6 +592,25 @@ int update_net_stats(void)
 			}
 			strncpy(lastv6->addr, v6addr, 32);
 			lastv6->netmask = netmask;
+			switch(scope) {
+			case 0:	//global
+				lastv6->scope = 'G';
+				break;
+			case 16:	//host-local
+				lastv6->scope = 'H';
+				break;
+			case 32:	//link-local
+				lastv6->scope = 'L';
+				break;
+			case 64:	//site-local
+				lastv6->scope = 'S';
+				break;
+			case 128:	//compat
+				lastv6->scope = 'C';
+				break;
+			default:
+				lastv6->scope = '?';
+			}
 			lastv6->next = NULL;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/net_stat.cc b/src/net_stat.cc
index c3aa101b..4d8a44b5 100644
--- a/src/net_stat.cc
+++ b/src/net_stat.cc
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ struct net_stat *get_net_stat(const char *dev, void *free_at_crash1, void *free_
 void parse_net_stat_arg(struct text_object *obj, const char *arg, void *free_at_crash)
 {
 	bool shownetmask = false;
+	bool showscope = false;
 	char dev[21];	//a netdev can only be 20 chars long
 	int i=0;
 
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ void parse_net_stat_arg(struct text_object *obj, const char *arg, void *free_at_
 	if (*arg == '-') { //there are flags
 		for(i=1; arg[i] != ' ' && arg[i] != 0; i++) {
 			if(arg[i]=='n') shownetmask = true;
+			if(arg[i]=='s') showscope = true;
 		}
 	}
 	sscanf(arg+i, "%20s", dev);
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ void parse_net_stat_arg(struct text_object *obj, const char *arg, void *free_at_
 	struct net_stat *netstat = get_net_stat(dev, obj, free_at_crash);
 #ifdef BUILD_IPV6
 	netstat->v6show_nm = shownetmask;
+	netstat->v6show_sc = showscope;
 #endif /* BUILD_IPV6 */
 	obj->data.opaque = netstat;
 }
@@ -233,7 +236,9 @@ void print_v6addrs(struct text_object *obj, char *p, int p_max_size)
 		return;
 
 	if( ! ns->v6addrs) {
-		if(ns->v6show_nm) strncpy(p, "::/128", p_max_size); else strncpy(p, "::", p_max_size);
+		strncpy(p, "::", p_max_size);
+		if(ns->v6show_nm) strcat(p, "/128");
+		if(ns->v6show_sc) strcat(p, "(/)");
 		return;
 	}
 	while(current_v6) {
@@ -275,6 +280,11 @@ void print_v6addrs(struct text_object *obj, char *p, int p_max_size)
 			strcpy(current_char, netmaskstr);
 			current_char += strlen(netmaskstr);
 		}
+		//scope
+		if(ns->v6show_sc) {
+			sprintf(current_char, "(%c)", current_v6->scope);
+			current_char += 3;
+		}
 		//next (or last) address
 		current_v6 = current_v6->next;
 		if(current_v6) {
diff --git a/src/net_stat.h b/src/net_stat.h
index bbeed45a..3838deef 100644
--- a/src/net_stat.h
+++ b/src/net_stat.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 struct v6addr {
 	char addr[32];
 	unsigned int netmask;
+	char scope;
 	struct v6addr *next;
 };
 #endif /* BUILD_IPV6 */
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ struct net_stat {
 #ifdef BUILD_IPV6
         struct v6addr *v6addrs;
 	bool v6show_nm;
+	bool v6show_sc;
 #endif /* BUILD_IPV6 */
 #if defined(__linux__)
         char addrs[273];