diff --git a/tests/Utils/NetTest.php b/tests/Utils/NetTest.php
index 7632802273b3b8e57a4c8d64eb1f4081d23cc3e7..7438b4f59fefc503ab77ebba3b99f92d39451d77 100644
--- a/tests/Utils/NetTest.php
+++ b/tests/Utils/NetTest.php
@@ -39,4 +39,32 @@ class Utils_Net_Test extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertFalse(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('127.0.0.0/23', '127.0.1.256'));
         $this->assertFalse(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('127.0.0.0/23', '127.0.2.0'));
     }
-}
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+
+    public function testIpv6CIDRcheck()
+    {
+        // check CIDR w/o mask
+        $this->assertFalse(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('2001:0DB8::', '2001:0DB8::1'));
+
+        // check wrong CIDR w/ mask
+        $this->assertFalse(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('2001:0DB8::/128', '2001:0DB8::1'));
+
+        // check wrong IP
+        $this->assertFalse(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('2001:0DB8::/128', '2001:0DB8::Z'));
+
+        // check limits for standard classes
+        $this->assertTrue(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('2001:0DB8::/128', '2001:0DB8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000'));
+        $this->assertTrue(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('2001:0DB8::/128', '2001:0DB8::0'));
+        $this->assertFale(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('2001:0DB8::/128', '2001:0DB8::1'));
+
+        $this->assertTrue(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('2001:0DB8::/112', '2001:0DB8::1'));
+        $this->assertFalse(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('2001:0DB8::/112', '2001:0DB8::1:1'));
+        $this->assertTrue(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('2001:0DB8::/112', '2001:0DB8::FFFF'));
+        $this->assertFalse(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('2001:0DB8::/112', '2001:0DB8::1:FFFF'));
+
+        // check limits for non-standard classes
+        $this->assertTrue(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('2001:0DB8::/108', '2001:0DB8::1:1'));
+        $this->assertTrue(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('2001:0DB8::/108', '2001:0DB8::FF:1'));
+        $this->assertFalse(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('2001:0DB8::/108', '2001:0DB8::1FF:1'));
+        $this->assertFalse(SimpleSAML\Utils\Net::ipCIDRcheck('2001:0DB8::/108', '2001:0DB8::FFFF:1'));
+     }
+}