diff --git a/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/StatisticsServlet.java b/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/StatisticsServlet.java
index f63d3f291d2..cde02cc8ffa 100644
--- a/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/StatisticsServlet.java
+++ b/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/StatisticsServlet.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class StatisticsServlet extends HttpServlet
         }
         if (_restrictToLocalhost)
         {
-            if (!"127.0.0.1".equals(req.getRemoteAddr()))
+            if (!isLoopbackAddress(req.getRemoteAddr()))
             {
                 resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
                 return;
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ public class StatisticsServlet extends HttpServlet
 
     }
 
+    private boolean isLoopbackAddress(String address)
+    {
+        InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName(address);
+        return address.isLoopbackAddress();
+    }
+
     private void sendXmlResponse(HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException
     {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();