diff --git a/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/tasks/host.py b/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/tasks/host.py
index aabd017..3810d81 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/tasks/host.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/tasks/host.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class DisableIPv6(Task):
 		network_configuration_path = os.path.join(info.root, 'etc/sysctl.d/70-disable-ipv6.conf')
 		with open(network_configuration_path, 'w') as config_file:
 			print >>config_file, "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1"
+			print >>config_file, "net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 0"
 
 
 class InstallHostnameHook(Task):