diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index 7881d4c60..443b66b44 100644
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 
-const URL = require('url').URL;
+const url = require('url');
 const net = require('net');
 const contentType = require('content-type');
 const stringify = require('url').format;
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ module.exports = {
       const host = this.host;
       const originalUrl = this.originalUrl || ''; // avoid undefined in template string
       try {
-        this.memoizedURL = new URL(`${protocol}://${host}${originalUrl}`);
+        this.memoizedURL = new url.URL(`${protocol}://${host}${originalUrl}`);
       } catch (err) {
         this.memoizedURL = Object.create(null);
       }
@@ -433,6 +433,15 @@ module.exports = {
     const val = this.get('X-Forwarded-For');
     return proxy && val
       ? val.split(/\s*,\s*/)
+          .map(host => {
+            let normalizedHost = host;
+            if (net.isIPv6(host)) {
+              normalizedHost = `[${host}]`;
+            }
+
+            return url.parse(`http://${normalizedHost}`).hostname;
+          })
+          .filter(ip => !!ip)
       : [];
   },
 
diff --git a/test/request/ips.js b/test/request/ips.js
index 8e0a5f0c7..65478f09d 100644
--- a/test/request/ips.js
+++ b/test/request/ips.js
@@ -23,5 +23,23 @@ describe('req.ips', () => {
         assert.deepEqual(req.ips, ['127.0.0.1', '127.0.0.2']);
       });
     });
+
+    describe('and contains IPv4', () => {
+      it('should not return port', () => {
+        const req = request();
+        req.app.proxy = true;
+        req.header['x-forwarded-for'] = '127.0.0.1:80,127.0.0.2';
+        assert.deepEqual(req.ips, ['127.0.0.1', '127.0.0.2']);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('and contains IPv6', () => {
+      it('should parse correctly', () => {
+        const req = request();
+        req.app.proxy = true;
+        req.header['x-forwarded-for'] = '::1';
+        assert.deepEqual(req.ips, ['::1']);
+      });
+    });
   });
 });