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diff --git a/methods/connect.cc b/methods/connect.cc
index 171622fa5..b4cd17ca8 100644
--- a/methods/connect.cc
+++ b/methods/connect.cc
@@ -164,7 +164,12 @@ static bool ConnectToHostname(std::string const &Host, int const Port,
struct addrinfo Hints;
memset(&Hints,0,sizeof(Hints));
Hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
- Hints.ai_flags = AI_ADDRCONFIG;
+ Hints.ai_flags = 0;
+ // see getaddrinfo(3): only return address if system has such a address configured
+ // useful if system is ipv4 only, to not get ipv6, but that fails if the system has
+ // no address configured: e.g. offline and trying to connect to localhost.
+ if (_config->FindB("Acquire::Connect::AddrConfig", true) == true)
+ Hints.ai_flags |= AI_ADDRCONFIG;
Hints.ai_protocol = 0;
if(_config->FindB("Acquire::ForceIPv4", false) == true)