diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index 6ee19b4b5..60e1df40a 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Changes since 4.3 ALPHA1
 -------------------
 
+* [HTTPCLIENT-1316] Certificate verification rejects IPv6 addresses which are not String-equal.
+  Contributed Sebastian Bazley <sebb at apache.org>.
+
 * [HTTPCLIENT-1307] Future based asynchronous request execution.
   Contributed by Jilles van Gurp <jilles at jillesvangurp.com> 
 
diff --git a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/AbstractVerifier.java b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/AbstractVerifier.java
index 1220b1704..6ae50b74e 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/AbstractVerifier.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/AbstractVerifier.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ package org.apache.http.conn.ssl;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.security.cert.Certificate;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateParsingException;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@ import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.http.annotation.Immutable;
 import org.apache.http.conn.util.InetAddressUtils;
 
@@ -75,6 +79,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractVerifier implements X509HostnameVerifier {
         Arrays.sort(BAD_COUNTRY_2LDS);
     }
 
+    private final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
+
     public AbstractVerifier() {
         super();
     }
@@ -177,7 +183,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractVerifier implements X509HostnameVerifier {
 
         // We're can be case-insensitive when comparing the host we used to
         // establish the socket to the hostname in the certificate.
-        final String hostName = host.trim().toLowerCase(Locale.US);
+        final String hostName = normaliseIPv6Address(host.trim().toLowerCase(Locale.US));
         boolean match = false;
         for(final Iterator<String> it = names.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
             // Don't trim the CN, though!
@@ -216,7 +222,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractVerifier implements X509HostnameVerifier {
                     match = countDots(hostName) == countDots(cn);
                 }
             } else {
-                match = hostName.equals(cn);
+                match = hostName.equals(normaliseIPv6Address(cn));
             }
             if(match) {
                 break;
@@ -361,4 +367,19 @@ public abstract class AbstractVerifier implements X509HostnameVerifier {
                     InetAddressUtils.isIPv6Address(hostname));
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Check if hostname is IPv6, and if so, convert to standard format. 
+     */
+    private String normaliseIPv6Address(final String hostname) {
+        if (hostname == null || !InetAddressUtils.isIPv6Address(hostname)) {
+            return hostname;
+        }
+        try {
+            InetAddress inetAddress = InetAddress.getByName(hostname);
+            return inetAddress.getHostAddress();
+        } catch (UnknownHostException uhe) { // Should not happen, because we check for IPv6 address above
+            log.error("Unexpected error converting "+hostname, uhe);
+            return hostname;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/TestHostnameVerifier.java b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/TestHostnameVerifier.java
index 39dc19245..0986d4bba 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/TestHostnameVerifier.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/apache/http/conn/ssl/TestHostnameVerifier.java
@@ -301,6 +301,22 @@ public class TestHostnameVerifier {
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    // Check compressed IPv6 hostname matching
+    public void testHTTPCLIENT_1316() throws Exception{
+        String cns[] = {"2001:0db8:aaaa:bbbb:cccc:0:0:0001"};
+        String alt[] = {};
+        final X509HostnameVerifier bhv = new BrowserCompatHostnameVerifier();
+        final X509HostnameVerifier shv = new StrictHostnameVerifier();
+        checkMatching(bhv, "2001:0db8:aaaa:bbbb:cccc:0:0:0001", cns, alt, false);
+        checkMatching(shv, "2001:0db8:aaaa:bbbb:cccc:0:0:0001", cns, alt, false);
+        checkMatching(bhv, "2001:0db8:aaaa:bbbb:cccc::1", cns, alt, false);
+        checkMatching(shv, "2001:0db8:aaaa:bbbb:cccc::1", cns, alt, false);
+        checkMatching(bhv, "2001:0db8:aaaa:bbbb:cccc::10", cns, alt, true);
+        checkMatching(shv, "2001:0db8:aaaa:bbbb:cccc::10", cns, alt, true);
+        // TODO need some more samples
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testHTTPCLIENT_1097() {
         String cns[];