diff --git a/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/src/addrvec.c b/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/src/addrvec.c
index fdfb68d34fd..b7f244e7afb 100644
--- a/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/src/addrvec.c
+++ b/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/src/addrvec.c
@@ -126,8 +126,26 @@ int addrvec_contains(const addrvec_t *avec, const struct sockaddr_storage *addr)
 
     for (i = 0; i < avec->count; i++)
     {
-        if(memcmp(&avec->data[i], addr, INET_ADDRSTRLEN) == 0)
-            return 1;
+        if (avec->data[i].ss_family != addr->ss_family)
+            continue;
+        switch (addr->ss_family) {
+        case AF_INET:
+            if (memcmp(&((struct sockaddr_in*)&avec->data[i])->sin_addr,
+                       &((struct sockaddr_in*)addr)->sin_addr,
+                       sizeof(struct in_addr)) == 0)
+                return 1;
+            break;
+#ifdef AF_INET6
+        case AF_INET6:
+            if (memcmp(&((struct sockaddr_in6*)&avec->data[i])->sin6_addr,
+                       &((struct sockaddr_in6*)addr)->sin6_addr,
+                       sizeof(struct in6_addr)) == 0)
+                return 1;
+            break;
+#endif
+        default:
+            break;
+        }
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/tests/TestReconfig.cc b/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/tests/TestReconfig.cc
index ee030d5786a..8a9696df6f4 100644
--- a/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/tests/TestReconfig.cc
+++ b/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c/tests/TestReconfig.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 #include <exception>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+extern "C" {
+#include <src/addrvec.h>
+}
+
 #include "Util.h"
 #include "LibCMocks.h"
 #include "ZKMocks.h"
@@ -211,6 +215,10 @@ class Zookeeper_reconfig : public CPPUNIT_NS::TestFixture
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testcycleNextServer);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testMigrateOrNot);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testMigrationCycle);
+    CPPUNIT_TEST(testAddrVecContainsIPv4);
+#ifdef AF_INET6
+    CPPUNIT_TEST(testAddrVecContainsIPv6);
+#endif
 
     // In threaded mode each 'create' is a thread -- it's not practical to create
     // 10,000 threads to test load balancing. The load balancing code can easily
@@ -600,6 +608,81 @@ class Zookeeper_reconfig : public CPPUNIT_NS::TestFixture
         numServers = 9;
         updateAllClientsAndServers(numServers);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * This tests that client can detect server's ipv4 address change.
+     *
+     * (1) We generate some address and put in addr, which saddr point to
+     * (2) Add all addresses that differ by one bit from the source
+     * (3) Add same address, but set ipv6 protocol
+     * (4) Ensure, that our address is not equal to any of generated,
+     *     and that it equals to itself
+     */
+    void testAddrVecContainsIPv4() {
+        addrvec_t vec;
+        addrvec_init(&vec);
+
+        sockaddr_storage addr;
+        sockaddr_in* saddr = (sockaddr_in*)&addr;
+        saddr->sin_family = AF_INET;
+        saddr->sin_port = htons((u_short)1234);
+        saddr->sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT(sizeof(saddr->sin_addr.s_addr) == 4);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
+            saddr->sin_addr.s_addr ^= (1 << i);
+            addrvec_append(&vec, &addr);
+            saddr->sin_addr.s_addr ^= (1 << i);
+        }
+
+        saddr->sin_family = AF_INET6;
+        addrvec_append(&vec, &addr);
+        saddr->sin_family = AF_INET;
+
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT(!addrvec_contains(&vec, &addr));
+        addrvec_append(&vec, &addr);
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT(addrvec_contains(&vec, &addr));
+        addrvec_free(&vec);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This tests that client can detect server's ipv6 address change.
+     *
+     * Same logic as in previous testAddrVecContainsIPv4 method,
+     * but we keep in mind, that ipv6 is 128-bit long.
+     */
+#ifdef AF_INET6
+    void testAddrVecContainsIPv6() {
+        addrvec_t vec;
+        addrvec_init(&vec);
+
+        sockaddr_storage addr;
+        sockaddr_in6* saddr = (sockaddr_in6*)&addr;
+        saddr->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+        saddr->sin6_port = htons((u_short)1234);
+        saddr->sin6_addr = in6addr_any;
+
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT(sizeof(saddr->sin6_addr.s6_addr) == 16);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
+                saddr->sin6_addr.s6_addr[i] ^= (1 << j);
+                addrvec_append(&vec, &addr);
+                saddr->sin6_addr.s6_addr[i] ^= (1 << j);
+            }
+        }
+
+        saddr->sin6_family = AF_INET;
+        addrvec_append(&vec, &addr);
+        saddr->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT(!addrvec_contains(&vec, &addr));
+        addrvec_append(&vec, &addr);
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT(addrvec_contains(&vec, &addr));
+        addrvec_free(&vec);
+    }
+#endif
 };
 
 CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(Zookeeper_reconfig);