diff --git a/src/win/tcp.c b/src/win/tcp.c
index 4afc08ef..7cdb6e4c 100644
--- a/src/win/tcp.c
+++ b/src/win/tcp.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void uv_winsock_startup() {
 
   /* Set implicit binding address used by connectEx */
   uv_addr_ip4_any_ = uv_ip4_addr("0.0.0.0", 0);
-  uv_addr_ip6_any_ = uv_ip6_addr("::1", 0);
+  uv_addr_ip6_any_ = uv_ip6_addr("::", 0);
 
   /* Retrieve the needed winsock extension function pointers. */
   dummy = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP);