diff --git a/lib/ansible/parsing/utils/addresses.py b/lib/ansible/parsing/utils/addresses.py
index 294025e3ddd..387f05c627f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/parsing/utils/addresses.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/parsing/utils/addresses.py
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ numeric_range = r'''
     \]
 '''
 
+hexadecimal_range = r'''
+    \[
+        (?:[0-9a-f]+:[0-9a-f]+)         # hexadecimal begin:end
+        (?::[0-9]+)?                    # numeric :step (optional)
+    \]
+'''
+
 alphanumeric_range = r'''
     \[
         (?:
@@ -50,7 +57,7 @@ ipv6_component = r'''
         [0-9a-f]{{1,4}}|                # 0..ffff
         {range}                         # or a numeric range
     )
-'''.format(range=numeric_range)
+'''.format(range=hexadecimal_range)
 
 ipv4_component = r'''
     (?:
diff --git a/test/units/parsing/test_addresses.py b/test/units/parsing/test_addresses.py
index 8f4fe3696e4..bb6e51b22a4 100644
--- a/test/units/parsing/test_addresses.py
+++ b/test/units/parsing/test_addresses.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class TestParseAddress(unittest.TestCase):
         '192.0.2.[3:10]:23': ['192.0.2.[3:10]', 23],
         'abcd:ef98::7654:[1:9]': ['abcd:ef98::7654:[1:9]', None],
         '[abcd:ef98::7654:[6:32]]:2222': ['abcd:ef98::7654:[6:32]', 2222],
+        '[abcd:ef98::7654:[9ab3:fcb7]]:2222': ['abcd:ef98::7654:[9ab3:fcb7]', 2222],
         u'fóöb[a:c]r.éxàmplê.com:632': [u'fóöb[a:c]r.éxàmplê.com', 632],
         '[a:b]foo.com': ['[a:b]foo.com', None],
         'foo[a:b].com': ['foo[a:b].com', None],