diff --git a/policy.go b/policy.go
index e0aa750..fc30e8b 100644
--- a/policy.go
+++ b/policy.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package proxyproto
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"net/netip"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -340,12 +341,14 @@ func ipFromAddr(upstream net.Addr) (net.IP, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	upstreamIP := net.ParseIP(upstreamString)
-	if nil == upstreamIP {
+	upstreamIP, err := netip.ParseAddr(upstreamString)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("proxyproto: invalid IP address")
 	}
 
-	return upstreamIP, nil
+	// Policies compare IPs, so the interface zone of a scoped IPv6 socket
+	// address must not prevent matching the configured IP or CIDR.
+	return net.IP(upstreamIP.AsSlice()), nil
 }
 
 // TrustProxyHeaderFrom returns a ConnPolicyFunc implementing the spec's
diff --git a/policy_test.go b/policy_test.go
index bdb0639..73d653b 100644
--- a/policy_test.go
+++ b/policy_test.go
@@ -521,3 +521,59 @@ func TestPolicyFromRanges(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPoliciesWithIPv6Zone(t *testing.T) {
+	trustedIP := net.ParseIP("fe80::1")
+	_, trustedRange, err := net.ParseCIDR("fe80::/64")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	trustRanges, err := TrustProxyHeaderFromRanges([]string{"fe80::1/128"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	policies := []struct {
+		name          string
+		policy        ConnPolicyFunc
+		matched       Policy
+		unmatched     Policy
+		denyUnmatched bool
+	}{
+		{"trusted IP", TrustProxyHeaderFrom(trustedIP), REQUIRE, REJECT, true},
+		{"trusted range", trustRanges, REQUIRE, REJECT, true},
+		{"range policy", MustPolicyFromRanges([]string{"fe80::1/128"}, USE, IGNORE), USE, IGNORE, false},
+		{"skip CIDR", ConnSkipProxyHeaderForCIDR(trustedRange, REJECT), SKIP, REJECT, false},
+		{"local interface", IgnoreProxyHeaderNotOnInterface(trustedIP), USE, IGNORE, false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range policies {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			for _, network := range []string{"stream", "datagram"} {
+				t.Run(network, func(t *testing.T) {
+					for _, matched := range []bool{true, false} {
+						ip := trustedIP
+						want := tc.matched
+						if !matched {
+							ip = net.ParseIP("fe81::1")
+							want = tc.unmatched
+						}
+						var addr net.Addr = &net.TCPAddr{IP: ip, Port: 1234, Zone: "eth0"}
+						if network == "datagram" {
+							addr = &net.UDPAddr{IP: ip, Port: 1234, Zone: "eth0"}
+						}
+						got, err := tc.policy(ConnPolicyOptions{Upstream: addr, Downstream: addr})
+						if !matched && tc.denyUnmatched {
+							if !errors.Is(err, ErrInvalidUpstream) {
+								t.Fatalf("expected untrusted peer error, got %v", err)
+							}
+						} else if err != nil {
+							t.Fatalf("unexpected policy error for %s: %v", addr, err)
+						}
+						if got != want {
+							t.Fatalf("policy for %s: got %v, want %v", addr, got, want)
+						}
+					}
+				})
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}