diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-core/includes.chroot/etc/hosts b/live-build/ubuntu-core/includes.chroot/etc/hosts
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+127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain	localhost
+::1		localhost6.localdomain6	localhost6
+
+# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
+::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
+fe00::0 ip6-localnet
+ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
+ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
+ff02::3 ip6-allhosts