diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-hieradata/defaults/main.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-hieradata/defaults/main.yml
index 08c19f780..ecafaaef9 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-hieradata/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-hieradata/defaults/main.yml
@@ -52,3 +52,7 @@ hieradata_templates_list:
   - bootstrap_node
   - all_nodes
   - vip_data
+# define a local address. If the ipv6 is found to be enable on the
+# loopback device the local address will be set to "localhost" otherwise
+# the local address will be defined as "127.0.0.1".
+hieradata_localhost_address: "{{ ('ipv6' in (ansible_lo | default({}))) | ternary('localhost', '127.0.0.1') }}"
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-hieradata/templates/all_nodes.j2 b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-hieradata/templates/all_nodes.j2
index 0c633f53a..c3ff006a7 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-hieradata/templates/all_nodes.j2
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo-hieradata/templates/all_nodes.j2
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
 {% if 'ovn_dbs' in enabled_services and net_vip_map.ovn_dbs is defined %}
 {%   set _ = all_nodes.__setitem__('ovn_dbs_vip', (net_vip_map.ovn_dbs)) %}
 {% endif %}
+{% if hieradata_localhost_address is undefined %}
+{%   set hieradata_localhost_address = ('ipv6' in (ansible_lo | default({}))) | ternary('localhost', '127.0.0.1') %}
+{% endif %}
+{% set _ = all_nodes.__setitem__('localhost_address', hieradata_localhost_address) %}
 {% set _ = all_nodes.__setitem__('deploy_identifier', deploy_identifier) %}
 {% set _ = all_nodes.__setitem__('stack_action', stack_action) %}
 {% set _ = all_nodes.__setitem__('stack_update_type', stack_update_type) %}