diff --git a/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/common/actions/RemoteTaskActionClient.java b/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/common/actions/RemoteTaskActionClient.java
index 8f4d527f3c9..b048bf25346 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/common/actions/RemoteTaskActionClient.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/common/actions/RemoteTaskActionClient.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public class RemoteTaskActionClient implements TaskActionClient
 
   private URI makeServiceUri(final Server instance) throws URISyntaxException
   {
-    return new URI(String.format("%s://%s%s", instance.getScheme(), instance.getHost(), "/druid/indexer/v1/action"));
+    return new URI(instance.getScheme(), null, instance.getAddress(), instance.getPort(), "/druid/indexer/v1/action", null, null);
   }
 
   private Server getServiceInstance()
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/indexing/IndexingServiceClient.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/indexing/IndexingServiceClient.java
index 844bb4821cc..2f81c666b52 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/indexing/IndexingServiceClient.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/indexing/IndexingServiceClient.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.joda.time.Interval;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -115,7 +116,15 @@ public class IndexingServiceClient
         throw new ISE("Cannot find instance of indexingService");
       }
 
-      return String.format("http://%s/druid/indexer/v1", instance.getHost());
+      return new URI(
+          instance.getScheme(),
+          null,
+          instance.getAddress(),
+          instance.getPort(),
+          "/druid/indexer/v1",
+          null,
+          null
+      ).toString();
     }
     catch (Exception e) {
       throw Throwables.propagate(e);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/curator/discovery/ServerDiscoverySelector.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/curator/discovery/ServerDiscoverySelector.java
index 32f5c0906be..c94cd6cb422 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/curator/discovery/ServerDiscoverySelector.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/curator/discovery/ServerDiscoverySelector.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package io.druid.curator.discovery;
 
+import com.google.common.net.HostAndPort;
 import com.metamx.common.lifecycle.LifecycleStart;
 import com.metamx.common.lifecycle.LifecycleStop;
 import com.metamx.common.logger.Logger;
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public class ServerDiscoverySelector implements DiscoverySelector<Server>
       @Override
       public String getHost()
       {
-        return String.format("%s:%d", getAddress(), getPort());
+        return HostAndPort.fromParts(getAddress(), getPort()).toString();
       }
 
       @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/bridge/BridgeQuerySegmentWalker.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/bridge/BridgeQuerySegmentWalker.java
index 48c8c4adfda..edc0c16fa83 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/bridge/BridgeQuerySegmentWalker.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/bridge/BridgeQuerySegmentWalker.java
@@ -95,16 +95,18 @@ public class BridgeQuerySegmentWalker implements QuerySegmentWalker
           if (instance == null) {
             return Sequences.empty();
           }
-
-          final String url = String.format(
-              "http://%s/druid/v2/",
-              brokerSelector.pick().getHost()
+          final Server brokerServer = brokerSelector.pick();
+          final URL url = new URL(
+              brokerServer.getScheme(),
+              brokerServer.getAddress(),
+              brokerServer.getPort(),
+              "/druid/v2/"
           );
 
           StatusResponseHolder response = httpClient.go(
               new Request(
                   HttpMethod.POST,
-                  new URL(url)
+                  url
               ).setContent(
                   MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON,
                   jsonMapper.writeValueAsBytes(query)
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/router/CoordinatorRuleManager.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/router/CoordinatorRuleManager.java
index c97d5fe48fd..ee4383c395f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/router/CoordinatorRuleManager.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/server/router/CoordinatorRuleManager.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseStatus;
 import org.joda.time.Duration;
 
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -197,7 +199,7 @@ public class CoordinatorRuleManager
     return retVal;
   }
 
-  private String getRuleURL()
+  private String getRuleURL() throws URISyntaxException
   {
     Server server = selector.pick();
 
@@ -206,6 +208,14 @@ public class CoordinatorRuleManager
       return null;
     }
 
-    return String.format("http://%s%s", server.getHost(), config.get().getRulesEndpoint());
+    return new URI(
+        server.getScheme(),
+        null,
+        server.getAddress(),
+        server.getPort(),
+        config.get().getRulesEndpoint(),
+        null,
+        null
+    ).toString();
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/io/druid/curator/discovery/ServerDiscoverySelectorTest.java b/server/src/test/java/io/druid/curator/discovery/ServerDiscoverySelectorTest.java
index b45886e187b..514e71036f0 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/io/druid/curator/discovery/ServerDiscoverySelectorTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/io/druid/curator/discovery/ServerDiscoverySelectorTest.java
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
 
 public class ServerDiscoverySelectorTest
 {
 
   private ServiceProvider serviceProvider;
-  private  ServerDiscoverySelector serverDiscoverySelector;
+  private ServerDiscoverySelector serverDiscoverySelector;
   private ServiceInstance instance;
   private static final int PORT = 8080;
   private static final String ADDRESS = "localhost";
@@ -52,14 +53,86 @@ public class ServerDiscoverySelectorTest
     EasyMock.expect(serviceProvider.getInstance()).andReturn(instance).anyTimes();
     EasyMock.expect(instance.getAddress()).andReturn(ADDRESS).anyTimes();
     EasyMock.expect(instance.getPort()).andReturn(PORT).anyTimes();
-    EasyMock.replay(instance,serviceProvider);
+    EasyMock.replay(instance, serviceProvider);
     Server server = serverDiscoverySelector.pick();
-    Assert.assertEquals(PORT,server.getPort());
-    Assert.assertEquals(ADDRESS,server.getAddress());
-    Assert.assertTrue(server.getHost().contains(new Integer(PORT).toString()));
+    Assert.assertEquals(PORT, server.getPort());
+    Assert.assertEquals(ADDRESS, server.getAddress());
+    Assert.assertTrue(server.getHost().contains(Integer.toString(PORT)));
     Assert.assertTrue(server.getHost().contains(ADDRESS));
-    Assert.assertEquals(new String("http"), server.getScheme());
-    EasyMock.verify(instance,serviceProvider);
+    Assert.assertEquals("http", server.getScheme());
+    EasyMock.verify(instance, serviceProvider);
+    final URI uri = new URI(
+        server.getScheme(),
+        null,
+        server.getAddress(),
+        server.getPort(),
+        "/druid/indexer/v1/action",
+        null,
+        null
+    );
+    Assert.assertEquals(PORT, uri.getPort());
+    Assert.assertEquals(ADDRESS, uri.getHost());
+    Assert.assertEquals("http", uri.getScheme());
+  }
+
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPickIPv6() throws Exception
+  {
+    final String ADDRESS = "2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:ff00:0042:8329";
+    EasyMock.expect(serviceProvider.getInstance()).andReturn(instance).anyTimes();
+    EasyMock.expect(instance.getAddress()).andReturn(ADDRESS).anyTimes();
+    EasyMock.expect(instance.getPort()).andReturn(PORT).anyTimes();
+    EasyMock.replay(instance, serviceProvider);
+    Server server = serverDiscoverySelector.pick();
+    Assert.assertEquals(PORT, server.getPort());
+    Assert.assertEquals(ADDRESS, server.getAddress());
+    Assert.assertTrue(server.getHost().contains(Integer.toString(PORT)));
+    Assert.assertTrue(server.getHost().contains(ADDRESS));
+    Assert.assertEquals("http", server.getScheme());
+    EasyMock.verify(instance, serviceProvider);
+    final URI uri = new URI(
+        server.getScheme(),
+        null,
+        server.getAddress(),
+        server.getPort(),
+        "/druid/indexer/v1/action",
+        null,
+        null
+    );
+    Assert.assertEquals(PORT, uri.getPort());
+    Assert.assertEquals(String.format("[%s]", ADDRESS), uri.getHost());
+    Assert.assertEquals("http", uri.getScheme());
+  }
+
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPickIPv6Bracket() throws Exception
+  {
+    final String ADDRESS = "[2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:ff00:0042:8329]";
+    EasyMock.expect(serviceProvider.getInstance()).andReturn(instance).anyTimes();
+    EasyMock.expect(instance.getAddress()).andReturn(ADDRESS).anyTimes();
+    EasyMock.expect(instance.getPort()).andReturn(PORT).anyTimes();
+    EasyMock.replay(instance, serviceProvider);
+    Server server = serverDiscoverySelector.pick();
+    Assert.assertEquals(PORT, server.getPort());
+    Assert.assertEquals(ADDRESS, server.getAddress());
+    Assert.assertTrue(server.getHost().contains(Integer.toString(PORT)));
+    Assert.assertTrue(server.getHost().contains(ADDRESS));
+    Assert.assertEquals("http", server.getScheme());
+    EasyMock.verify(instance, serviceProvider);
+    final URI uri = new URI(
+        server.getScheme(),
+        null,
+        server.getAddress(),
+        server.getPort(),
+        "/druid/indexer/v1/action",
+        null,
+        null
+    );
+    Assert.assertEquals(PORT, uri.getPort());
+    Assert.assertEquals(ADDRESS, uri.getHost());
+    Assert.assertEquals("http", uri.getScheme());
   }
 
   @Test