diff --git a/src/sbin/pluginctl b/src/sbin/pluginctl
index 160dd5a0d..8c31b3ace 100755
--- a/src/sbin/pluginctl
+++ b/src/sbin/pluginctl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2019 Deciso B.V.
- * Copyright (C) 2019-2023 Franco Fichtner <franco@opnsense.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2024 Franco Fichtner <franco@opnsense.org>
  * Copyright (C) 2017 Alexander Shursha <kekek2@ya.ru>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ $opts = getopt('46cDdfghIirSsXx', [], $optind);
 $args = array_slice($argv, $optind);
 
 if (isset($opts['h'])) {
-    echo "Usage: pluginctl [-4|-c|-D|-d|-f|-g|-h|-I|-i|-r|-S|-s|-X|-x] ...\n\n";
+    echo "Usage: pluginctl [-4|-6|-c|-D|-d|-f|-g|-h|-I|-i|-r|-S|-s|-X|-x] ...\n\n";
     echo "\t-4 IPv4 address mode, return primary address of interface\n";
+    echo "\t-6 IPv4 address mode, return primary address of interface\n";
     echo "\t-c configure mode (default), executes plugin [_configure] hook\n";
     echo "\t-D ifconfig mode, lists available devices\n";
     echo "\t-d device mode, lists registered devices\n";
@@ -163,11 +164,11 @@ if (isset($opts['h'])) {
     echo "\t-s service mode (e.g. myservice restart)\n";
     echo "\t-X XMLRPC sync metadata dump\n";
     echo "\t-x XMLRPC sync key/value list\n";
-} elseif (isset($opts['4'])) {
+} elseif (isset($opts['4']) || isset($opts['6'])) {
     $int = $args[0] ?? '';
     $ret = [];
     if (!empty($config['interfaces'][$int])) {
-        $raw = interfaces_primary_address($int);
+        $raw = isset($opts['4']) ? interfaces_primary_address($int) : interfaces_primary_address6($int);
         $ret = [
             'address' => $raw[0],
             'network' => $raw[1],