3 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/geo-replication/syncdaemon/argsupgrade.py b/geo-replication/syncdaemon/argsupgrade.py
index 4018143b8b4..7af40633ef8 100644
--- a/geo-replication/syncdaemon/argsupgrade.py
+++ b/geo-replication/syncdaemon/argsupgrade.py
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ def upgrade():
     # fail when it does stat to check the existence.
     init_gsyncd_template_conf()
 
+    inet6 = False
+    if "--inet6" in sys.argv:
+        inet6 = True
+
     if "--monitor" in sys.argv:
         # python gsyncd.py --path=/bricks/b1
         # --monitor -c gsyncd.conf
@@ -147,8 +151,11 @@ def upgrade():
 
             user, hname = remote_addr.split("@")
 
+            if not inet6:
+                hname = gethostbyname(hname)
+
             print(("ssh://%s@%s:gluster://127.0.0.1:%s" % (
-                user, gethostbyname(hname), vol)))
+                user, hname, vol)))
 
         sys.exit(0)
     elif "--normalize-url" in sys.argv:
@@ -346,3 +353,7 @@ def upgrade():
 
         if pargs.reset_sync_time:
             sys.argv.append("--reset-sync-time")
+
+    if inet6:
+        # Add `--inet6` as first argument
+        sys.argv = [sys.argv[0], "--inet6"] + sys.argv[1:]
diff --git a/geo-replication/syncdaemon/gsyncd.py b/geo-replication/syncdaemon/gsyncd.py
index 037f351151b..effe0ce6aa2 100644
--- a/geo-replication/syncdaemon/gsyncd.py
+++ b/geo-replication/syncdaemon/gsyncd.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def main():
         sys.exit(0)
 
     parser = ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--inet6", action="store_true")
     sp = parser.add_subparsers(dest="subcmd")
 
     # Monitor Status File update
diff --git a/geo-replication/syncdaemon/subcmds.py b/geo-replication/syncdaemon/subcmds.py
index 30050ec4743..4ece7e06b89 100644
--- a/geo-replication/syncdaemon/subcmds.py
+++ b/geo-replication/syncdaemon/subcmds.py
@@ -110,8 +110,13 @@ def subcmd_voluuidget(args):
 
     ParseError = XET.ParseError if hasattr(XET, 'ParseError') else SyntaxError
 
-    po = Popen(['gluster', '--xml', '--remote-host=' + args.host,
-                'volume', 'info', args.volname], bufsize=0,
+    cmd = ['gluster', '--xml', '--remote-host=' + args.host,
+           'volume', 'info', args.volname]
+
+    if args.inet6:
+        cmd.append("--inet6")
+
+    po = Popen(cmd, bufsize=0,
                stdin=None, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE,
                universal_newlines=True)