diff --git a/glance_store/_drivers/http.py b/glance_store/_drivers/http.py
index f5399056..20a5d222 100644
--- a/glance_store/_drivers/http.py
+++ b/glance_store/_drivers/http.py
@@ -90,6 +90,15 @@ class StoreLocation(glance_store.location.StoreLocation):
         if netloc == '':
             LOG.info(_("No address specified in HTTP URL"))
             raise exceptions.BadStoreUri(uri=uri)
+        else:
+            # IPv6 address has the following format [1223:0:0:..]:<some_port>
+            # we need to be sure that we are validating port in both IPv4,IPv6
+            delimiter = "]:" if netloc.count(":") > 1 else ":"
+            host, dlm, port = netloc.partition(delimiter)
+            # if port is present in location then validate port format
+            if port and not port.isdigit():
+                raise exceptions.BadStoreUri(uri=uri)
+
         self.netloc = netloc
         self.path = path
 
diff --git a/glance_store/tests/unit/test_http_store.py b/glance_store/tests/unit/test_http_store.py
index 6ab4db62..4edf8933 100644
--- a/glance_store/tests/unit/test_http_store.py
+++ b/glance_store/tests/unit/test_http_store.py
@@ -152,6 +152,27 @@ class TestHttpStore(base.StoreBaseTest,
         loc = location.get_location_from_uri(uri, conf=self.conf)
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotFound, self.store.get_size, loc)
 
+    def test_http_store_location_initialization(self):
+        """Test store location initialization from valid uris"""
+        uris = [
+            "http://127.0.0.1:8000/ubuntu.iso",
+            "http://openstack.com:80/ubuntu.iso",
+            "http://[1080::8:800:200C:417A]:80/ubuntu.iso"
+        ]
+        for uri in uris:
+            location.get_location_from_uri(uri)
+
+    def test_http_store_location_initialization_with_invalid_url(self):
+        """Test store location initialization from incorrect uris."""
+        incorrect_uris = [
+            "http://127.0.0.1:~/ubuntu.iso",
+            "http://openstack.com:some_text/ubuntu.iso",
+            "http://[1080::8:800:200C:417A]:some_text/ubuntu.iso"
+        ]
+        for uri in incorrect_uris:
+            self.assertRaises(exceptions.BadStoreUri,
+                              location.get_location_from_uri, uri)
+
     def test_http_get_raises_remote_service_unavailable(self):
         """Test http store raises RemoteServiceUnavailable."""
         uri = "http://netloc/path/to/file.tar.gz"