diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8
index 43bbc217..f9ccbb30 100644
--- a/doc/openvpn.8
+++ b/doc/openvpn.8
@@ -5886,14 +5886,10 @@ across the VPN.
 Set Connection\-specific DNS Suffix.
 
 .B DNS addr \-\-
-Set primary domain name server IPv4 address.  Repeat
+Set primary domain name server IPv4 or IPv6 address.  Repeat
 this option to set secondary DNS server addresses.
 
-.B DNS6 addr \-\-
-Set primary domain name server IPv6 address.  Repeat
-this option to set secondary DNS server IPv6 addresses.
-
-Note: currently this is handled using netsh (the
+Note: DNS IPv6 server are currently handled using netsh (the
 existing DHCP code can only do IPv4 DHCP, and that protocol only
 permits IPv4 addresses anywhere).  The option will be put into the
 environment, so an
diff --git a/src/openvpn/options.c b/src/openvpn/options.c
index 7c6528bc..d67044fc 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/options.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/options.c
@@ -1228,6 +1228,20 @@ show_tuntap_options(const struct tuntap_options *o)
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(TARGET_ANDROID)
 static void
+dhcp_option_dns6_parse(const char *parm, struct in6_addr *dns6_list, int *len, int msglevel)
+{
+    struct in6_addr addr;
+    if (*len >= N_DHCP_ADDR)
+    {
+        msg(msglevel, "--dhcp-option DNS: maximum of %d IPv6 dns servers can be specified",
+            N_DHCP_ADDR);
+    }
+    else if (get_ipv6_addr(parm, &addr, NULL, msglevel))
+    {
+        dns6_list[(*len)++] = addr;
+    }
+}
+static void
 dhcp_option_address_parse(const char *name, const char *parm, in_addr_t *array, int *len, int msglevel)
 {
     if (*len >= N_DHCP_ADDR)
@@ -7088,6 +7102,7 @@ add_option(struct options *options,
     {
         struct tuntap_options *o = &options->tuntap_options;
         VERIFY_PERMISSION(OPT_P_IPWIN32);
+        bool ipv6dns = false;
 
         if (streq(p[1], "DOMAIN") && p[2])
         {
@@ -7108,22 +7123,17 @@ add_option(struct options *options,
             }
             o->netbios_node_type = t;
         }
-        else if (streq(p[1], "DNS") && p[2])
+        else if ((streq(p[1], "DNS") || streq(p[1], "DNS6")) && p[2] && (!strstr(p[2], ":") || ipv6_addr_safe(p[2])))
         {
-            dhcp_option_address_parse("DNS", p[2], o->dns, &o->dns_len, msglevel);
-        }
-        else if (streq(p[1], "DNS6") && p[2] && ipv6_addr_safe(p[2]))
-        {
-            struct in6_addr addr;
-            foreign_option(options, p, 3, es);
-            if (o->dns6_len >= N_DHCP_ADDR)
+            if (strstr(p[2], ":"))
             {
-                msg(msglevel, "--dhcp-option DNS6: maximum of %d dns servers can be specified",
-                    N_DHCP_ADDR);
-            }
-            else if (get_ipv6_addr(p[2], &addr, NULL, msglevel))
+                ipv6dns=true;
+                foreign_option(options, p, 3, es);
+                dhcp_option_dns6_parse(p[2], o->dns6, &o->dns6_len, msglevel);
+            } 
+            else 
             {
-                o->dns6[o->dns6_len++] = addr;
+                dhcp_option_address_parse("DNS", p[2], o->dns, &o->dns_len, msglevel);
             }
         }
         else if (streq(p[1], "WINS") && p[2])
@@ -7151,7 +7161,7 @@ add_option(struct options *options,
         /* flag that we have options to give to the TAP driver's DHCPv4 server
          *  - skipped for "DNS6", as that's not a DHCPv4 option
          */
-        if (!streq(p[1], "DNS6"))
+        if (!ipv6dns)
         {
             o->dhcp_options = true;
         }