diff --git a/gnu/packages/monitoring.scm b/gnu/packages/monitoring.scm
index 9ba0e61952..adbd0447d0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/monitoring.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/monitoring.scm
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ (define-public zabbix-agentd
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags
        (list "--enable-agent"
+             "--enable-ipv6"
              (string-append "--with-iconv="
                             (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libiconv"))
              (string-append "--with-libpcre="