diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilter.java b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilter.java
index 9920479b944..e5c9606d783 100644
--- a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilter.java
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilter.java
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ public class DoSFilter implements Filter
             }
             else
             {
-                loadId = isRemotePort() ? (request.getRemoteAddr() + request.getRemotePort()) : request.getRemoteAddr();
+                loadId = isRemotePort() ? createRemotePortId(request) : request.getRemoteAddr();
                 type = USER_IP;
             }
         }
@@ -616,6 +616,10 @@ public class DoSFilter implements Filter
         return tracker;
     }
     
+    
+    
+    
+    
     public void addToRateTracker (RateTracker tracker)
     {
         _rateTrackers.put(tracker.getId(), tracker);
@@ -1356,4 +1360,12 @@ public class DoSFilter implements Filter
             super.onTimeout(event);
         }
     }
+    
+    private String createRemotePortId(final ServletRequest request) {
+        final String addr = request.getRemoteAddr();
+        final int port = request.getRemotePort();
+        if (addr.contains(":")) return "[" + addr + "]:" + port;
+        return addr + ":" + port;
+    }
+    
 }
diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilterTest.java b/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilterTest.java
index bbbe09bb5e2..73c0cbcf0de 100644
--- a/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilterTest.java
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilterTest.java
@@ -18,10 +18,17 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jetty.servlets;
 
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.servlets.DoSFilter.RateTracker;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlets.mocks.MockFilterConfig;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlets.mocks.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -34,6 +41,41 @@ public class DoSFilterTest extends AbstractDoSFilterTest
     {
         startServer(DoSFilter.class);
     }
+    
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testRemotePortLoadIdCreation_ipv6() throws ServletException {
+        final ServletRequest request = newMockHttpServletRequest("::192.9.5.5", 12345);
+        DoSFilter doSFilter = new DoSFilter();
+        doSFilter.init(new MockFilterConfig());
+        doSFilter.setRemotePort(true);
+        
+        try {
+            RateTracker tracker = doSFilter.getRateTracker(request);
+            Assert.assertEquals("[::192.9.5.5]:12345", tracker.getId());
+        } finally {
+            doSFilter.stopScheduler();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testRemotePortLoadIdCreation_ipv4() throws ServletException {
+        final ServletRequest request = newMockHttpServletRequest("127.0.0.1", 12345);
+        DoSFilter doSFilter = new DoSFilter();
+        doSFilter.init(new MockFilterConfig());
+        doSFilter.setRemotePort(true);
+        
+        try {
+            RateTracker tracker = doSFilter.getRateTracker(request);
+            Assert.assertEquals("127.0.0.1:12345", tracker.getId());
+        } finally {
+            doSFilter.stopScheduler();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
+    
 
     @Test
     public void testRateIsRateExceeded() throws InterruptedException
@@ -87,4 +129,21 @@ public class DoSFilterTest extends AbstractDoSFilterTest
         }
         return exceeded;
     }
+    
+    
+    
+    private HttpServletRequest newMockHttpServletRequest(final String remoteAddr,
+            final int remotePort) {
+        return new MockHttpServletRequest() {
+            @Override
+            public String getRemoteAddr() {
+                return remoteAddr;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public int getRemotePort() {
+                return remotePort;
+            }
+        }; 
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/mocks/MockFilterConfig.java b/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/mocks/MockFilterConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5083fa88cdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/mocks/MockFilterConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+//
+//  ========================================================================
+//  Copyright (c) 1995-2017 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+//  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+//  and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+//      The Eclipse Public License is available at
+//      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+//      The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+//      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+//  You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+//  ========================================================================
+//
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.servlets.mocks;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler;
+
+
+public class MockFilterConfig implements FilterConfig {
+
+    @Override
+    public String getFilterName() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ServletContext getServletContext() {
+        return new ContextHandler.StaticContext();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getInitParameter(String string) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Enumeration<String> getInitParameterNames() {
+        return Collections.emptyEnumeration();
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/mocks/MockHttpServletRequest.java b/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/mocks/MockHttpServletRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1af3d7c0cc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/mocks/MockHttpServletRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,389 @@
+//
+//  ========================================================================
+//  Copyright (c) 1995-2017 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+//  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+//  and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+//      The Eclipse Public License is available at
+//      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+//      The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+//      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+//  You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+//  ========================================================================
+//
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.servlets.mocks;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.security.Principal;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.servlet.AsyncContext;
+import javax.servlet.DispatcherType;
+import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.ServletInputStream;
+import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.http.Cookie;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpUpgradeHandler;
+import javax.servlet.http.Part;
+
+
+public class MockHttpServletRequest implements HttpServletRequest {
+
+    @Override
+    public String getAuthType() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Cookie[] getCookies() {
+        return new Cookie[0];
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getDateHeader(String string) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getHeader(String string) {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Enumeration<String> getHeaders(String string) {
+        return Collections.emptyEnumeration();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Enumeration<String> getHeaderNames() {
+        return Collections.emptyEnumeration();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getIntHeader(String string) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getMethod() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getPathInfo() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getPathTranslated() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getContextPath() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getQueryString() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getRemoteUser() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isUserInRole(String string) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Principal getUserPrincipal() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getRequestedSessionId() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getRequestURI() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public StringBuffer getRequestURL() {
+        return new StringBuffer(0);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getServletPath() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public HttpSession getSession(boolean bln) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public HttpSession getSession() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String changeSessionId() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isRequestedSessionIdValid() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isRequestedSessionIdFromCookie() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isRequestedSessionIdFromURL() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isRequestedSessionIdFromUrl() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean authenticate(HttpServletResponse hsr) throws IOException, ServletException {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void login(String string, String string1) throws ServletException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void logout() throws ServletException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<Part> getParts() throws IOException, ServletException {
+        return Collections.emptyList();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Part getPart(String string) throws IOException, ServletException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T extends HttpUpgradeHandler> T upgrade(Class<T> type) throws IOException, ServletException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object getAttribute(String string) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Enumeration<String> getAttributeNames() {
+        return Collections.emptyEnumeration();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getCharacterEncoding() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setCharacterEncoding(String string) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getContentLength() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getContentLengthLong() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getContentType() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ServletInputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getParameter(String string) {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Enumeration<String> getParameterNames() {
+        return Collections.emptyEnumeration();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String[] getParameterValues(String string) {
+        return new String[0];
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, String[]> getParameterMap() {
+        return Collections.emptyMap();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getProtocol() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getScheme() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getServerName() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getServerPort() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BufferedReader getReader() throws IOException {
+        return new BufferedReader(new StringReader(""));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getRemoteAddr() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getRemoteHost() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setAttribute(String string, Object o) {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeAttribute(String string) {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Locale getLocale() {
+        return Locale.ENGLISH;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Enumeration<Locale> getLocales() {
+        return Collections.emptyEnumeration();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isSecure() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RequestDispatcher getRequestDispatcher(String string) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getRealPath(String string) {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getRemotePort() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getLocalName() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getLocalAddr() {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getLocalPort() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ServletContext getServletContext() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AsyncContext startAsync() throws IllegalStateException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AsyncContext startAsync(ServletRequest sr, ServletResponse sr1) throws IllegalStateException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAsyncStarted() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAsyncSupported() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AsyncContext getAsyncContext() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DispatcherType getDispatcherType() {
+        return null;
+    }
+    
+}