diff --git a/.ci/run_tests.sh b/.ci/run_tests.sh
index 2b307c4f84cf..c1b0e09dbf94 100755
--- a/.ci/run_tests.sh
+++ b/.ci/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
-export BUSTED_ARGS="-o gtest -v --exclude-tags=flaky"
+export BUSTED_ARGS="-o gtest -v --exclude-tags=flaky,ipv6"
 export TEST_CMD="bin/busted $BUSTED_ARGS"
 
 createuser --createdb kong
diff --git a/spec/02-integration/05-proxy/09-balancer_spec.lua b/spec/02-integration/05-proxy/09-balancer_spec.lua
index b18d46c35f8d..b304ccbd6187 100644
--- a/spec/02-integration/05-proxy/09-balancer_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/02-integration/05-proxy/09-balancer_spec.lua
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 local helpers = require "spec.helpers"
 local dao_helpers = require "spec.02-integration.03-dao.helpers"
-local localhost = "127.0.0.1"
-local ipv = "ipv4"
 local PORT = 21000
 local utils = require "kong.tools.utils"
 local cjson = require "cjson"
@@ -286,6 +284,15 @@ local function client_requests(n, headers)
 end
 
 
+local localhosts = {
+  ipv4 = "127.0.0.1",
+  ipv6 = "0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001",
+}
+
+
+for ipv, localhost in pairs(localhosts) do
+
+
 dao_helpers.for_each_dao(function(kong_config)
 
   describe("Ring-balancer #" .. kong_config.database .. " #" .. ipv, function()
@@ -1142,3 +1149,5 @@ dao_helpers.for_each_dao(function(kong_config)
   end)
 
 end) -- for 'database type'
+
+end