1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/redis/connection.py b/redis/connection.py
index d042f41..f2ce878 100644
--- a/redis/connection.py
+++ b/redis/connection.py
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ class Connection(object):
 
     def _connect(self):
         "Create a TCP socket connection"
+        # in 2.6+ try to use IPv6/4 compatibility, else just original code
+        if hasattr(socket,'create_connection'):
+            return socket.create_connection((self.host, self.port))
         sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
         sock.settimeout(self.socket_timeout)
         sock.connect((self.host, self.port))