diff --git a/link.go b/link.go
index c3a4288..00ef341 100644
--- a/link.go
+++ b/link.go
@@ -781,7 +781,10 @@ func (vti *Vti) Attrs() *LinkAttrs {
 	return &vti.LinkAttrs
 }
 
-func (iptun *Vti) Type() string {
+func (vti *Vti) Type() string {
+	if vti.Local.To4() == nil {
+		return "vti6"
+	}
 	return "vti"
 }
 
@@ -846,7 +849,7 @@ func (gtp *GTP) Type() string {
 // iproute2 supported devices;
 // vlan | veth | vcan | dummy | ifb | macvlan | macvtap |
 // bridge | bond | ipoib | ip6tnl | ipip | sit | vxlan |
-// gre | gretap | ip6gre | ip6gretap | vti | nlmon |
+// gre | gretap | ip6gre | ip6gretap | vti | vti6 | nlmon |
 // bond_slave | ipvlan
 
 // LinkNotFoundError wraps the various not found errors when
diff --git a/link_linux.go b/link_linux.go
index 5189a4c..02ef679 100644
--- a/link_linux.go
+++ b/link_linux.go
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ func LinkDeserialize(hdr *unix.NlMsghdr, m []byte) (Link, error) {
 						link = &Gretun{}
 					case "ip6gre":
 						link = &Gretun{}
-					case "vti":
+					case "vti", "vti6":
 						link = &Vti{}
 					case "vrf":
 						link = &Vrf{}
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ func LinkDeserialize(hdr *unix.NlMsghdr, m []byte) (Link, error) {
 						parseGretunData(link, data)
 					case "ip6gre":
 						parseGretunData(link, data)
-					case "vti":
+					case "vti", "vti6":
 						parseVtiData(link, data)
 					case "vrf":
 						parseVrfData(link, data)
@@ -2304,12 +2304,27 @@ func parseSittunData(link Link, data []syscall.NetlinkRouteAttr) {
 func addVtiAttrs(vti *Vti, linkInfo *nl.RtAttr) {
 	data := nl.NewRtAttrChild(linkInfo, nl.IFLA_INFO_DATA, nil)
 
-	ip := vti.Local.To4()
+	family := FAMILY_V4
+	if vti.Local.To4() == nil {
+		family = FAMILY_V6
+	}
+
+	var ip net.IP
+
+	if family == FAMILY_V4 {
+		ip = vti.Local.To4()
+	} else {
+		ip = vti.Local
+	}
 	if ip != nil {
 		nl.NewRtAttrChild(data, nl.IFLA_VTI_LOCAL, []byte(ip))
 	}
 
-	ip = vti.Remote.To4()
+	if family == FAMILY_V4 {
+		ip = vti.Remote.To4()
+	} else {
+		ip = vti.Remote
+	}
 	if ip != nil {
 		nl.NewRtAttrChild(data, nl.IFLA_VTI_REMOTE, []byte(ip))
 	}
@@ -2327,9 +2342,9 @@ func parseVtiData(link Link, data []syscall.NetlinkRouteAttr) {
 	for _, datum := range data {
 		switch datum.Attr.Type {
 		case nl.IFLA_VTI_LOCAL:
-			vti.Local = net.IP(datum.Value[0:4])
+			vti.Local = net.IP(datum.Value)
 		case nl.IFLA_VTI_REMOTE:
-			vti.Remote = net.IP(datum.Value[0:4])
+			vti.Remote = net.IP(datum.Value)
 		case nl.IFLA_VTI_IKEY:
 			vti.IKey = ntohl(datum.Value[0:4])
 		case nl.IFLA_VTI_OKEY:
diff --git a/link_test.go b/link_test.go
index 980de37..22b7f2f 100644
--- a/link_test.go
+++ b/link_test.go
@@ -1482,6 +1482,13 @@ func TestLinkAddDelVti(t *testing.T) {
 		OKey:      0x101,
 		Local:     net.IPv4(127, 0, 0, 1),
 		Remote:    net.IPv4(127, 0, 0, 1)})
+
+	testLinkAddDel(t, &Vti{
+		LinkAttrs: LinkAttrs{Name: "vtibar"},
+		IKey:      0x101,
+		OKey:      0x101,
+		Local:     net.IPv6loopback,
+		Remote:    net.IPv6loopback})
 }
 
 func TestBridgeCreationWithMulticastSnooping(t *testing.T) {