diff --git a/tests/iptogeo.py b/tests/iptogeo.py
index 8cecb19..80da04e 100644
--- a/tests/iptogeo.py
+++ b/tests/iptogeo.py
@@ -46,15 +46,16 @@ class IPToGeo(object):
               5 : 'Unsupported IP version',
               6 : 'IP not found'}
     
-    def __init__(self, remote_addr='127.0.0.1', remote_port=53333, timeout=None):
+    def __init__(self, remote_addr='127.0.0.1', remote_port=53333, timeout=None, family=socket.AF_INET):
         self._remote_addr = remote_addr
         self._remote_port = remote_port
         self._timeout = timeout
-        
+        self._family = family
+
         self._create_socket()
 
     def _create_socket(self):
-        self._socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self._socket = socket.socket(self._family, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
         if not self._timeout is None:
             self._socket.settimeout(self._timeout)
         self._socket.connect((self._remote_addr, self._remote_port))
diff --git a/tests/test_ip_to_geo.py b/tests/test_ip_to_geo.py
index abaf699..defd00a 100755
--- a/tests/test_ip_to_geo.py
+++ b/tests/test_ip_to_geo.py
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8
 
 import os
+import sys
+import socket
 from iptogeo import IPToGeo, IPToGeoException
 
 TIMEOUT = None
 # TIMEOUT = 5.0
 
-iptogeo = IPToGeo(timeout=TIMEOUT)
+iptogeo = IPToGeo(timeout=TIMEOUT, family=socket.AF_INET6, remote_addr='::1')
 
 def get_random_ip_v4():
     ip = '%d.%d.%d.%d'  % \