diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8462ae29..27993883 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -224,11 +224,12 @@ CLI usage
     usage: sshtunnel [-h] [-U SSH_USERNAME] [-p SSH_PORT] [-P SSH_PASSWORD] -R
                      IP:PORT [IP:PORT ...] [-L [IP:PORT [IP:PORT ...]]]
                      [-k SSH_HOST_KEY] [-K KEY_FILE] [-S KEY_PASSWORD] [-t] [-v]
-                     [-V] [-x IP:PORT] [-c SSH_CONFIG_FILE] [-z] [-n] [-d [FOLDER [FOLDER ...]]]
+                     [-V] [-x IP:PORT] [-c SSH_CONFIG_FILE] [-z] [-n]
+                     [-d [FOLDER [FOLDER ...]]]
                      ssh_address
 
     Pure python ssh tunnel utils
-    Version 0.1.5
+    Version 0.2.0
 
     positional arguments:
       ssh_address           SSH server IP address (GW for SSH tunnels)
diff --git a/changelog.rst b/changelog.rst
index 412f56c6..583d7f04 100644
--- a/changelog.rst
+++ b/changelog.rst
@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@ CONTRIBUTORS
 - `Dan Harbin`_
 - `Ignacio Peluffo`_
 - `Niels Zeilemaker`_
+- `Georgy Rylov`_
 
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+- v.0.2.0 (`Georgy Rylov`_)
+      + Support IPv6 without proxy command. Use built-in paramiko create socket logic. The logic tries to use ipv6 socket family first, then ipv4 socket family.
+
 - v.0.1.5 (`JM Fernández`_)
     + Introduce `block_on_close` attribute
 
@@ -121,6 +125,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 .. _Dan Harbin: https://github.com/RasterBurn
 .. _Ignacio Peluffo: https://github.com/ipeluffo
 .. _Niels Zeilemaker: https://github.com/NielsZeilemaker
+.. _Georgy Rylov: https://github.com/g0djan
 .. _#13: https://github.com/pahaz/sshtunnel/issues/13
 .. _#16: https://github.com/pahaz/sshtunnel/issues/16
 .. _#19: https://github.com/pahaz/sshtunnel/issues/19
diff --git a/sshtunnel.py b/sshtunnel.py
index 9eca1f86..0a37580e 100644
--- a/sshtunnel.py
+++ b/sshtunnel.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     input_ = input
 
 
-__version__ = '0.1.5'
+__version__ = '0.2.0'
 __author__ = 'pahaz'
 
 
@@ -1111,11 +1111,13 @@ def _get_transport(self):
             self.logger.debug('Connecting via proxy: {0}'.format(proxy_repr))
             _socket = self.ssh_proxy
         else:
-            _socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+            _socket = (self.ssh_host, self.ssh_port)
         if isinstance(_socket, socket.socket):
             _socket.settimeout(SSH_TIMEOUT)
             _socket.connect((self.ssh_host, self.ssh_port))
         transport = paramiko.Transport(_socket)
+        if isinstance(transport.sock, socket.socket):
+            transport.sock.settimeout(SSH_TIMEOUT)
         transport.set_keepalive(self.set_keepalive)
         transport.use_compression(compress=self.compression)
         transport.daemon = self.daemon_transport