diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/known_hosts.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/known_hosts.py
index 9b6af2a28e..64ad0c76c2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/known_hosts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/known_hosts.py
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ def get_fqdn(repo_url):
     if "@" in repo_url and "://" not in repo_url:
         # most likely an user@host:path or user@host/path type URL
         repo_url = repo_url.split("@", 1)[1]
-        if ":" in repo_url:
-            repo_url = repo_url.split(":")[0]
-            result = repo_url
+        if repo_url.startswith('['):
+            result = repo_url.split(']', 1)[0] + ']'
+        elif ":" in repo_url:
+            result = repo_url.split(":")[0]
         elif "/" in repo_url:
-            repo_url = repo_url.split("/")[0]
-            result = repo_url
+            result = repo_url.split("/")[0]
     elif "://" in repo_url:
         # this should be something we can parse with urlparse
         parts = urlparse.urlparse(repo_url)
@@ -87,11 +87,13 @@ def get_fqdn(repo_url):
         # ensure we actually have a parts[1] before continuing.
         if parts[1] != '':
             result = parts[1]
-            if ":" in result:
-                result = result.split(":")[0]
             if "@" in result:
                 result = result.split("@", 1)[1]
 
+            if result[0].startswith('['):
+                result = result.split(']', 1)[0] + ']'
+            elif ":" in result:
+                result = result.split(":")[0]
     return result
 
 def check_hostkey(module, fqdn):
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_known_hosts.py b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_known_hosts.py
index 952184bfec..515d67686d 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_known_hosts.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_known_hosts.py
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleKnownHosts(unittest.TestCase):
             {'is_ssh_url': True, 'get_fqdn': 'five.example.org'},
         'ssh://six.example.org:21/example.org':
             {'is_ssh_url': True, 'get_fqdn': 'six.example.org'},
+        'ssh://[2001:DB8::abcd:abcd]/example.git':
+            {'is_ssh_url': True, 'get_fqdn': '[2001:DB8::abcd:abcd]'},
+        'ssh://[2001:DB8::abcd:abcd]:22/example.git':
+            {'is_ssh_url': True, 'get_fqdn': '[2001:DB8::abcd:abcd]'},
+        'username@[2001:DB8::abcd:abcd]/example.git':
+            {'is_ssh_url': True, 'get_fqdn': '[2001:DB8::abcd:abcd]'},
+        'username@[2001:DB8::abcd:abcd]:22/example.git':
+            {'is_ssh_url': True, 'get_fqdn': '[2001:DB8::abcd:abcd]'},
     }
 
     def test_is_ssh_url(self):