diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index 81c4d362..47d5f9fe 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Metrics/AbcSize:
     - 'lib/http/request.rb'
     - 'lib/http/response.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 69
+# Offense count: 70
 # Configuration parameters: CountComments, Max, CountAsOne, ExcludedMethods, IgnoredMethods.
 # IgnoredMethods: refine
 Metrics/BlockLength:
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Metrics/BlockLength:
     - 'spec/lib/http/response/parser_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/lib/http/response/status_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/lib/http/response_spec.rb'
+    - 'spec/lib/http/uri_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/lib/http_spec.rb'
     - 'spec/support/http_handling_shared.rb'
 
diff --git a/lib/http/uri.rb b/lib/http/uri.rb
index f694ed08..9c8a54c3 100644
--- a/lib/http/uri.rb
+++ b/lib/http/uri.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ class URI
     def_delegators :@uri, :scheme, :normalized_scheme, :scheme=
     def_delegators :@uri, :user, :normalized_user, :user=
     def_delegators :@uri, :password, :normalized_password, :password=
-    def_delegators :@uri, :host, :normalized_host, :host=
     def_delegators :@uri, :authority, :normalized_authority, :authority=
     def_delegators :@uri, :origin, :origin=
     def_delegators :@uri, :normalized_port, :port=
@@ -20,6 +19,18 @@ class URI
     def_delegators :@uri, :fragment, :normalized_fragment, :fragment=
     def_delegators :@uri, :omit, :join, :normalize
 
+    # Host, either a domain name or IP address. If the host is an IPv6 address, it will be returned
+    # without brackets surrounding it.
+    #
+    # @return [String] The host of the URI
+    attr_reader :host
+
+    # Normalized host, either a domain name or IP address. If the host is an IPv6 address, it will
+    # be returned without brackets surrounding it.
+    #
+    # @return [String] The normalized host of the URI
+    attr_reader :normalized_host
+
     # @private
     HTTP_SCHEME = "http"
 
@@ -83,6 +94,9 @@ def initialize(options_or_uri = {})
       else
         raise TypeError, "expected Hash for options, got #{options_or_uri.class}"
       end
+
+      @host = process_ipv6_brackets(@uri.host)
+      @normalized_host = process_ipv6_brackets(@uri.normalized_host)
     end
 
     # Are these URI objects equal? Normalizes both URIs prior to comparison
@@ -110,6 +124,17 @@ def hash
       @hash ||= to_s.hash * -1
     end
 
+    # Sets the host component for the URI.
+    #
+    # @param [String, #to_str] new_host The new host component.
+    # @return [void]
+    def host=(new_host)
+      @uri.host = process_ipv6_brackets(new_host, :brackets => true)
+
+      @host = process_ipv6_brackets(@uri.host)
+      @normalized_host = process_ipv6_brackets(@uri.normalized_host)
+    end
+
     # Port number, either as specified or the default if unspecified
     #
     # @return [Integer] port number
@@ -146,5 +171,25 @@ def to_s
     def inspect
       format("#<%s:0x%014x URI:%s>", self.class.name, object_id << 1, to_s)
     end
+
+    private
+
+    # Process a URI host, adding or removing surrounding brackets if the host is an IPv6 address.
+    #
+    # @param [Boolean] brackets When true, brackets will be added to IPv6 addresses if missing. When
+    #   false, they will be removed if present.
+    #
+    # @return [String] Host with IPv6 address brackets added or removed
+    def process_ipv6_brackets(raw_host, brackets: false)
+      ip = IPAddr.new(raw_host)
+
+      if ip.ipv6?
+        brackets ? "[#{ip}]" : ip.to_s
+      else
+        raw_host
+      end
+    rescue IPAddr::Error
+      raw_host
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/http/uri_spec.rb b/spec/lib/http/uri_spec.rb
index 7e91760e..4a330d61 100644
--- a/spec/lib/http/uri_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/http/uri_spec.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 RSpec.describe HTTP::URI do
+  let(:example_ipv6_address) { "2606:2800:220:1:248:1893:25c8:1946" }
+
   let(:example_http_uri_string)  { "http://example.com" }
   let(:example_https_uri_string) { "https://example.com" }
+  let(:example_ipv6_uri_string) { "https://[#{example_ipv6_address}]" }
 
   subject(:http_uri)  { described_class.parse(example_http_uri_string) }
   subject(:https_uri) { described_class.parse(example_https_uri_string) }
+  subject(:ipv6_uri) { described_class.parse(example_ipv6_uri_string) }
 
   it "knows URI schemes" do
     expect(http_uri.scheme).to eq "http"
@@ -20,6 +24,41 @@
     expect(https_uri.port).to eq 443
   end
 
+  describe "#host" do
+    it "strips brackets from IPv6 addresses" do
+      expect(ipv6_uri.host).to eq("2606:2800:220:1:248:1893:25c8:1946")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#normalized_host" do
+    it "strips brackets from IPv6 addresses" do
+      expect(ipv6_uri.normalized_host).to eq("2606:2800:220:1:248:1893:25c8:1946")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#host=" do
+    it "updates cached values for #host and #normalized_host" do
+      expect(http_uri.host).to eq("example.com")
+      expect(http_uri.normalized_host).to eq("example.com")
+
+      http_uri.host = "[#{example_ipv6_address}]"
+
+      expect(http_uri.host).to eq(example_ipv6_address)
+      expect(http_uri.normalized_host).to eq(example_ipv6_address)
+    end
+
+    it "ensures IPv6 addresses are bracketed in the inner Addressable::URI" do
+      expect(http_uri.host).to eq("example.com")
+      expect(http_uri.normalized_host).to eq("example.com")
+
+      http_uri.host = example_ipv6_address
+
+      expect(http_uri.host).to eq(example_ipv6_address)
+      expect(http_uri.normalized_host).to eq(example_ipv6_address)
+      expect(http_uri.instance_variable_get(:@uri).host).to eq("[#{example_ipv6_address}]")
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#dup" do
     it "doesn't share internal value between duplicates" do
       duplicated_uri = http_uri.dup