diff --git a/src/Network/Statsd.hs b/src/Network/Statsd.hs
--- a/src/Network/Statsd.hs
+++ b/src/Network/Statsd.hs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 fromURI :: URI -> IO (Maybe StatsdClient)
 fromURI uri = case uriAuthority uri of
               Nothing   -> return Nothing
-              Just auth -> let hostname = uriRegName auth
+              Just auth -> let hostname = uriRegName' auth
                                port = fromMaybe 8126 $ (actualPort . uriPort) auth
                                prefix = replace '/' '.' (uriPath uri)
                                key = let userInfo = uriUserInfo auth
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@
     actualPort :: String -> Maybe Int
     actualPort (':':xs) = (Just . read) xs
     actualPort _        = Nothing
+
+    uriRegName' :: URIAuth -> String
+    uriRegName' auth = let hostname = uriRegName auth
+                           stripped = if isIPv6address hostname
+                                      then (takeWhile (/=']') . dropWhile (=='[')) hostname
+                                      else hostname
+                        in stripped
 
 client :: Hostname -> Port -> Stat -> Maybe Key -> IO (Maybe StatsdClient)
 client host port namespace key = do
diff --git a/statsd-client.cabal b/statsd-client.cabal
--- a/statsd-client.cabal
+++ b/statsd-client.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: statsd-client
-version: 0.1.0.1
+version: 0.1.0.2
 cabal-version: >=1.10
 build-type: Simple
 license: MIT