diff --git a/adb/Android.mk b/adb/Android.mk
index e841205..94ccc08 100644
--- a/adb/Android.mk
+++ b/adb/Android.mk
@@ -81,12 +81,14 @@
 
 LIBADB_darwin_SRC_FILES := \
     sysdeps_unix.cpp \
+    sysdeps/posix/network.cpp \
     client/usb_dispatch.cpp \
     client/usb_libusb.cpp \
     client/usb_osx.cpp \
 
 LIBADB_linux_SRC_FILES := \
     sysdeps_unix.cpp \
+    sysdeps/posix/network.cpp \
     client/usb_dispatch.cpp \
     client/usb_libusb.cpp \
     client/usb_linux.cpp \
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@
     $(LIBADB_SRC_FILES) \
     adbd_auth.cpp \
     jdwp_service.cpp \
+    sysdeps/posix/network.cpp \
 
 LOCAL_SANITIZE := $(adb_target_sanitize)
 
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps.h b/adb/sysdeps.h
index f95a855..5cd0cd1 100644
--- a/adb/sysdeps.h
+++ b/adb/sysdeps.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <android-base/utf8.h>
 
 #include "sysdeps/errno.h"
+#include "sysdeps/network.h"
 #include "sysdeps/stat.h"
 
 /*
@@ -248,8 +249,6 @@
 int unix_isatty(int fd);
 #define  isatty  ___xxx_isatty
 
-int network_loopback_client(int port, int type, std::string* error);
-int network_loopback_server(int port, int type, std::string* error);
 int network_inaddr_any_server(int port, int type, std::string* error);
 
 inline int network_local_client(const char* name, int namespace_id, int type, std::string* error) {
@@ -587,17 +586,6 @@
   return fd;
 }
 
-inline int network_loopback_client(int port, int type, std::string* error) {
-  return _fd_set_error_str(socket_network_client("localhost", port, type), error);
-}
-
-inline int network_loopback_server(int port, int type, std::string* error) {
-  int fd = socket_loopback_server(port, type);
-  if (fd < 0 && errno == EAFNOSUPPORT)
-      return _fd_set_error_str(socket_loopback_server6(port, type), error);
-  return _fd_set_error_str(fd, error);
-}
-
 inline int network_inaddr_any_server(int port, int type, std::string* error) {
   return _fd_set_error_str(socket_inaddr_any_server(port, type), error);
 }
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps/network.h b/adb/sysdeps/network.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83ce371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adb/sysdeps/network.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#pragma once
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <string>
+
+int network_loopback_client(int port, int type, std::string* error);
+int network_loopback_server(int port, int type, std::string* error);
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps/posix/network.cpp b/adb/sysdeps/posix/network.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45da5af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adb/sysdeps/posix/network.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "sysdeps/network.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "adb_unique_fd.h"
+
+static void set_error(std::string* error) {
+    if (error) {
+        *error = strerror(errno);
+    }
+}
+
+static sockaddr* loopback_addr4(sockaddr_storage* addr, socklen_t* addrlen, int port) {
+    struct sockaddr_in* addr4 = reinterpret_cast<sockaddr_in*>(addr);
+    *addrlen = sizeof(*addr4);
+
+    addr4->sin_family = AF_INET;
+    addr4->sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
+    addr4->sin_port = htons(port);
+    return reinterpret_cast<sockaddr*>(addr);
+}
+
+static sockaddr* loopback_addr6(sockaddr_storage* addr, socklen_t* addrlen, int port) {
+    struct sockaddr_in6* addr6 = reinterpret_cast<sockaddr_in6*>(addr);
+    *addrlen = sizeof(*addr6);
+
+    addr6->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+    addr6->sin6_addr = in6addr_loopback;
+    addr6->sin6_port = htons(port);
+    return reinterpret_cast<sockaddr*>(addr);
+}
+
+static int _network_loopback_client(bool ipv6, int port, int type, std::string* error) {
+    unique_fd s(socket(ipv6 ? AF_INET6 : AF_INET, type, 0));
+    if (s == -1) {
+        set_error(error);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    struct sockaddr_storage addr_storage = {};
+    socklen_t addrlen = sizeof(addr_storage);
+    sockaddr* addr = (ipv6 ? loopback_addr6 : loopback_addr4)(&addr_storage, &addrlen, 0);
+
+    if (bind(s.get(), addr, addrlen) != 0) {
+        set_error(error);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    addr = (ipv6 ? loopback_addr6 : loopback_addr4)(&addr_storage, &addrlen, port);
+
+    if (connect(s.get(), addr, addrlen) != 0) {
+        set_error(error);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return s.release();
+}
+
+int network_loopback_client(int port, int type, std::string* error) {
+    // Try IPv4 first, use IPv6 as a fallback.
+    int rc = _network_loopback_client(false, port, type, error);
+    if (rc == -1) {
+        return _network_loopback_client(true, port, type, error);
+    }
+    return rc;
+}
+
+static int _network_loopback_server(bool ipv6, int port, int type, std::string* error) {
+    unique_fd s(socket(ipv6 ? AF_INET6 : AF_INET, type, 0));
+    if (s == -1) {
+        set_error(error);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    int n = 1;
+    setsockopt(s.get(), SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &n, sizeof(n));
+
+    struct sockaddr_storage addr_storage = {};
+    socklen_t addrlen = sizeof(addr_storage);
+    sockaddr* addr = (ipv6 ? loopback_addr6 : loopback_addr4)(&addr_storage, &addrlen, port);
+
+    if (bind(s, addr, addrlen) != 0) {
+        set_error(error);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (type == SOCK_STREAM || type == SOCK_SEQPACKET) {
+        // Arbitrarily selected value, ported from libcutils.
+        if (listen(s, 4) != 0) {
+            set_error(error);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return s.release();
+}
+
+int network_loopback_server(int port, int type, std::string* error) {
+    int rc = _network_loopback_server(false, port, type, error);
+
+    // Only attempt to listen on IPv6 if IPv4 is unavailable.
+    // We don't want to start an IPv6 server if there's already an IPv4 one running.
+    if (rc == -1 && (errno == EADDRNOTAVAIL || errno == EAFNOSUPPORT)) {
+        return _network_loopback_server(true, port, type, error);
+    }
+    return rc;
+}
diff --git a/libcutils/Android.bp b/libcutils/Android.bp
index f668f18..bb82f4d 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.bp
+++ b/libcutils/Android.bp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     "socket_inaddr_any_server_unix.c",
     "socket_local_client_unix.c",
     "socket_local_server_unix.c",
-    "socket_loopback_server_unix.c",
     "socket_network_client_unix.c",
     "sockets_unix.cpp",
     "str_parms.c",
diff --git a/libcutils/include/cutils/sockets.h b/libcutils/include/cutils/sockets.h
index d724dd6..b24468b 100644
--- a/libcutils/include/cutils/sockets.h
+++ b/libcutils/include/cutils/sockets.h
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@
 cutils_socket_t socket_network_client(const char* host, int port, int type);
 int socket_network_client_timeout(const char* host, int port, int type,
                                   int timeout, int* getaddrinfo_error);
-int socket_loopback_server(int port, int type);
-int socket_loopback_server6(int port, int type);
 int socket_local_server(const char* name, int namespaceId, int type);
 int socket_local_server_bind(int s, const char* name, int namespaceId);
 int socket_local_client_connect(int fd, const char *name, int namespaceId,
diff --git a/libcutils/socket_loopback_server_unix.c b/libcutils/socket_loopback_server_unix.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b92fd6..0000000
--- a/libcutils/socket_loopback_server_unix.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-/*
-** Copyright 2006, The Android Open Source Project
-**
-** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
-** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
-** You may obtain a copy of the License at 
-**
-**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
-**
-** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
-** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
-** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
-** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
-** limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#define LISTEN_BACKLOG 4
-
-#if !defined(_WIN32)
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/select.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <cutils/sockets.h>
-
-static int _socket_loopback_server(int family, int type, struct sockaddr * addr, size_t size)
-{
-    int s, n;
-
-    s = socket(family, type, 0);
-    if(s < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    n = 1;
-    setsockopt(s, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (const char *) &n, sizeof(n));
-
-    if(bind(s, addr, size) < 0) {
-        close(s);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (type == SOCK_STREAM) {
-        int ret;
-
-        ret = listen(s, LISTEN_BACKLOG);
-
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            close(s);
-            return -1;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return s;
-}
-
-/* open listen() port on loopback IPv6 interface */
-int socket_loopback_server6(int port, int type)
-{
-    struct sockaddr_in6 addr;
-
-    memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
-    addr.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
-    addr.sin6_port = htons(port);
-    addr.sin6_addr = in6addr_loopback;
-
-    return _socket_loopback_server(AF_INET6, type, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr));
-}
-
-/* open listen() port on loopback interface */
-int socket_loopback_server(int port, int type)
-{
-    struct sockaddr_in addr;
-
-    memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
-    addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-    addr.sin_port = htons(port);
-    addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
-
-    return _socket_loopback_server(AF_INET, type, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr));
-}