diff -r 06161ebf74ee Lib/_socket.py
--- a/Lib/_socket.py	Mon May 19 09:02:22 2014 +0100
+++ b/Lib/_socket.py	Wed May 21 18:13:33 2014 -0700
@@ -605,6 +605,14 @@
     }
 }
 
+def _socktuple(addr):
+    port = addr.getPort()
+    inet_addr = addr.getAddress()
+    if isinstance(inet_addr, java.net.Inet6Address):
+        return str(inet_addr.getHostAddress()), port, 0, inet_addr.getScopeId()
+    else:
+        return str(inet_addr.getHostAddress()), port
+
 # actual socket support
 #######################
 
@@ -826,7 +834,7 @@
         self.child_handler = ChildSocketHandler(self)
         b.childHandler(self.child_handler)
 
-        future = b.bind(self.bind_addr)
+        future = b.bind(self.bind_addr.getAddress(), self.bind_addr.getPort())
         self._handle_channel_future(future, "listen")
         self.bind_timestamp = time.time()
         self.channel = future.channel()
@@ -1103,7 +1111,7 @@
             if self.bind_addr == _EPHEMERAL_ADDRESS:
                 raise error(errno.ENOTCONN, "Socket is not connected")
             else:
-                return self.bind_addr.getHostString(), self.bind_addr.getPort()
+                return _socktuple(self.bind_addr)
         # Netty 4 currently races between bind to ephemeral port and the availability
         # of the local address for the channel. Workaround for now is to poll.
         while True:
@@ -1116,14 +1124,19 @@
                 raise error(errno.ENOTCONN, "Socket is not connected")
             log.debug("Poll for local address", extra={"sock": self})
             time.sleep(0.1)  # completely arbitrary
-        return local_addr.getHostString(), local_addr.getPort()
+        if local_addr.getAddress().isAnyLocalAddress():
+            # Netty 4 will default to an IPv6 "any" address from a channel even if it was originally bound to an IPv4 "any" address
+            # so, as a workaround, let's construct a new "any" address using the port information gathered above
+            if type(self.bind_addr.getAddress()) != type(local_addr.getAddress()):
+                return _socktuple(java.net.InetSocketAddress(self.bind_addr.getAddress(), local_addr.getPort()))
+        return _socktuple(local_addr)
 
     def getpeername(self):
         self._verify_channel()
         remote_addr = self.channel.remoteAddress()
         if remote_addr is None:
             raise error(errno.ENOTCONN, "Socket is not connected")
-        return remote_addr.getHostString(), remote_addr.getPort()
+        return _socktuple(remote_addr)
 
 
 _socketmethods = (
diff -r 06161ebf74ee Lib/test/test_socket.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py	Mon May 19 09:02:22 2014 +0100
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py	Wed May 21 18:13:33 2014 -0700
@@ -577,6 +577,22 @@
         name = sock.getsockname()
         self.assertEqual(name, ("0.0.0.0", PORT+1))
 
+    def testSockNameEphemeralV4(self):
+        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        sock.bind(('', 0))
+        sock.listen(1)
+        name = sock.getsockname()
+        self.assertEqual(len(name), 2)
+        self.assertNotEqual(name[1], 0)
+
+    def testSockNameEphemeralV6(self):
+        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        sock.bind(('', 0, 0, 0))
+        sock.listen(1)
+        name = sock.getsockname()
+        self.assertEqual(len(name), 4)
+        self.assertNotEqual(name[1], 0)
+
     def testSockAttributes(self):
         # Testing required attributes
         for family in [socket.AF_INET, socket.AF_INET6]: