diff --git a/octavia/amphorae/backends/health_daemon/health_sender.py b/octavia/amphorae/backends/health_daemon/health_sender.py
index e720569687..5608d57016 100644
--- a/octavia/amphorae/backends/health_daemon/health_sender.py
+++ b/octavia/amphorae/backends/health_daemon/health_sender.py
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ class UDPStatusSender(object):
         for ipport in CONF.health_manager.controller_ip_port_list:
             try:
                 ip, port = ipport.rsplit(':', 1)
+                if ip and ip[0] == '[' and ip[-1] == ']':
+                    ip = ip[1:-1]
             except ValueError:
                 LOG.error("Invalid ip and port '%s' in health_manager "
                           "controller_ip_port_list", ipport)
diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/health_daemon/test_health_sender.py b/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/health_daemon/test_health_sender.py
index 3813922a2e..aa732b5181 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/health_daemon/test_health_sender.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/health_daemon/test_health_sender.py
@@ -93,6 +93,24 @@ class TestHealthSender(base.TestCase):
 
         sendto_mock.reset_mock()
 
+        # Test IPv6 path enclosed within square brackets ("[" and "]").
+        self.conf.config(group="health_manager",
+                         controller_ip_port_list=['[2001:0db8::f00d]:80'])
+        mock_getaddrinfo.return_value = [(socket.AF_INET6,
+                                          socket.SOCK_DGRAM,
+                                          socket.IPPROTO_UDP,
+                                          '',
+                                          ('2001:db8::f00d', 80, 0, 0))]
+
+        sender = health_sender.UDPStatusSender()
+
+        sender.dosend(SAMPLE_MSG)
+
+        sendto_mock.assert_called_once_with(SAMPLE_MSG_BIN,
+                                            ('2001:db8::f00d', 80, 0, 0))
+
+        sendto_mock.reset_mock()
+
         # Test IPv6 link-local address path
         self.conf.config(
             group="health_manager",
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-ipv6-address-enclosed-in-brackets-c1cfc4717465ba09.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-ipv6-address-enclosed-in-brackets-c1cfc4717465ba09.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d731ab3e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-ipv6-address-enclosed-in-brackets-c1cfc4717465ba09.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fix a bug that prevented the operating_status of a health-monitor to be
+    set to ONLINE when ipv6 addresses were enclosed within square brackets
+    in ``controller_ip_port_list``.