diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 3b76ec68..d41b0b0d 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -490,9 +490,6 @@ func (app *App) Listen(address interface{}, tlsconfig ...*tls.Config) error {
 	app.init()
 	// Start prefork
 	if app.Settings.Prefork {
-		if app.Settings.Network == "tcp6" || isIPv6(addr) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("listen: tcp6 is not supported when prefork is enabled")
-		}
 		return app.prefork(addr, tlsconfig...)
 	}
 	// Setup listener
diff --git a/prefork.go b/prefork.go
index 5a62a006..e955a110 100644
--- a/prefork.go
+++ b/prefork.go
@@ -35,8 +35,13 @@ func (app *App) prefork(addr string, tlsconfig ...*tls.Config) (err error) {
 		// use 1 cpu core per child process
 		runtime.GOMAXPROCS(1)
 		var ln net.Listener
-		// SO_REUSEPORT is not supported on Windows, use SO_REUSEADDR instead
-		if ln, err = reuseport.Listen("tcp4", addr); err != nil {
+		network := "tcp4"
+		if app.Settings.Network == "tcp6" {
+			network = app.Settings.Network
+		}
+		// Linux will use SO_REUSEPORT and Windows falls back to SO_REUSEADDR
+		// Only tcp4 or tcp6 is supported when preforking, both are not supported
+		if ln, err = reuseport.Listen(network, addr); err != nil {
 			if !app.Settings.DisableStartupMessage {
 				time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond) // avoid colliding with startup message
 			}