diff --git a/lib/internal/net.js b/lib/internal/net.js
index 17b754999bbf10..db85dc91e66d6f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/net.js
+++ b/lib/internal/net.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const IPv6Reg = new RegExp('^(' +
   `(?:${v6Seg}:){2}(?:(:${v6Seg}){0,3}:${v4Str}|(:${v6Seg}){1,5}|:)|` +
   `(?:${v6Seg}:){1}(?:(:${v6Seg}){0,4}:${v4Str}|(:${v6Seg}){1,6}|:)|` +
   `(?::((?::${v6Seg}){0,5}:${v4Str}|(?::${v6Seg}){1,7}|:))` +
-')(%[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,})?$');
+')(%[0-9a-zA-Z-.:]{1,})?$');
 
 function isIPv4(s) {
   return IPv4Reg.test(s);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-isip.js b/test/parallel/test-net-isip.js
index e9a8749aaee412..840ffe76af9a30 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-isip.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-isip.js
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ assert.strictEqual(net.isIP('::2001:252:1:2008:6'), 6);
 assert.strictEqual(net.isIP('::2001:252:1:1.1.1.1'), 6);
 assert.strictEqual(net.isIP('::2001:252:1:255.255.255.255'), 6);
 assert.strictEqual(net.isIP('::2001:252:1:255.255.255.255.76'), 0);
+assert.strictEqual(net.isIP('fe80::2008%eth0'), 6);
+assert.strictEqual(net.isIP('fe80::2008%eth0.0'), 6);
+assert.strictEqual(net.isIP('fe80::2008%eth0@1'), 0);
 assert.strictEqual(net.isIP('::anything'), 0);
 assert.strictEqual(net.isIP('::1'), 6);
 assert.strictEqual(net.isIP('::'), 6);