diff --git a/cinder/api/schemas/volume_manage.py b/cinder/api/schemas/volume_manage.py
index 544214c4944..858d8b95010 100644
--- a/cinder/api/schemas/volume_manage.py
+++ b/cinder/api/schemas/volume_manage.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ volume_manage_create = {
                 "bootable": parameter_types.boolean,
                 "volume_type": parameter_types.name_allow_zero_min_length,
                 "name": parameter_types.name_allow_zero_min_length,
-                "host": parameter_types.hostname,
+                "host": parameter_types.cinder_host,
                 "ref": {'type': ['object', 'string']},
                 "metadata": parameter_types.metadata_allows_null,
             },
diff --git a/cinder/api/validation/parameter_types.py b/cinder/api/validation/parameter_types.py
index f174b58a7b0..6620ccbaeb9 100644
--- a/cinder/api/validation/parameter_types.py
+++ b/cinder/api/validation/parameter_types.py
@@ -232,6 +232,18 @@ hostname = {
     'pattern': '^[a-zA-Z0-9-._#@:/+]*$'
 }
 
+cinder_host = {
+    # A string that represents a cinder host.
+    # Examples:
+    #   hostname
+    #   hostname.domain
+    #   hostname.domain@backend
+    #   hostname.domain@backend#pool
+    #   hostname.domain@backend#[dead:beef::cafe]:/complex_ipv6_pool_w_share
+    'type': ['string', 'null'], 'minLength': 1, 'maxLength': 255,
+    'pattern': r'^[a-zA-Z0-9-._#@:/+\[\]]*$'   # hostname plus brackets
+}
+
 
 resource_type = {'type': ['string', 'null'], 'minLength': 0, 'maxLength': 40}
 
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/api/contrib/test_volume_manage.py b/cinder/tests/unit/api/contrib/test_volume_manage.py
index 174aa85117e..44c74bf5d75 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/api/contrib/test_volume_manage.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/api/contrib/test_volume_manage.py
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ class VolumeManageTest(test.TestCase):
 
     @ddt.data({'host': 'host_ok'},
               {'host': 'user@host#backend:/vol_path'},
-              {'host': 'host@backend#parts+of+pool'})
+              {'host': 'host@backend#parts+of+pool'},
+              {'host': 'host@backend#[dead:beef::cafe]:/vol01'})
     @ddt.unpack
     @mock.patch('cinder.volume.api.API.manage_existing', wraps=api_manage)
     def test_manage_volume_ok(self, mock_api_manage, host):
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-1904892-ipv6-nfs-manage-391118115dfaaf54.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1904892-ipv6-nfs-manage-391118115dfaaf54.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8fc2e89c51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1904892-ipv6-nfs-manage-391118115dfaaf54.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    `Bug #1904892 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/cinder/+bug/1904892>`_:
+    Fix cinder manage operations for NFS backends using IPv6 addresses
+    in the NFS server address.  These were previously rejected by the
+    Cinder API.