diff --git a/ncm-hostsfile/src/main/pan/components/hostsfile/config-common.pan b/ncm-hostsfile/src/main/pan/components/hostsfile/config-common.pan
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..842a7923b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncm-hostsfile/src/main/pan/components/hostsfile/config-common.pan
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# ${license-info}
+# ${developer-info}
+# ${author-info}
+# ${build-info}
+
+unique template components/${project.artifactId}/config-common;
+
+include 'components/${project.artifactId}/schema';
+
+# Set prefix to root of component configuration.
+prefix '/software/components/${project.artifactId}';
+
+'version' = '${no-snapshot-version}';
+'active' ?= false;
+'dispatch' ?= false;
+
+# Provide variables which can be used to provide dual stack entries for localhost.
+# Specifying aliases for both stacks allows localhost to resolve for both protocols
+# while still avoiding duplicate entries.
+
+final variable HOSTSFILE_LOCALHOST4 = dict(
+    'localhost', dict(
+        'ipaddr', '127.0.0.1',
+        'aliases', 'localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4',
+    ),
+);
+
+final variable HOSTSFILE_LOCALHOST6 = dict(
+    'localhost6', dict(
+        'ipaddr', '::1',
+        'aliases', 'localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6.localdomain6',
+    ),
+);
diff --git a/ncm-hostsfile/src/main/pan/components/hostsfile/config-rpm.pan b/ncm-hostsfile/src/main/pan/components/hostsfile/config-rpm.pan
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee863fee78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncm-hostsfile/src/main/pan/components/hostsfile/config-rpm.pan
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# ${license-info}
+# ${developer-info}
+# ${author-info}
+# ${build-info}
+
+unique template components/${project.artifactId}/config-rpm;
+
+"/software/packages" = pkg_repl("ncm-${project.artifactId}", "${no-snapshot-version}-${rpm.release}", "noarch");
diff --git a/ncm-hostsfile/src/main/pan/components/hostsfile/config.pan b/ncm-hostsfile/src/main/pan/components/hostsfile/config.pan
index 7c948ae8ae..15da84308c 100644
--- a/ncm-hostsfile/src/main/pan/components/hostsfile/config.pan
+++ b/ncm-hostsfile/src/main/pan/components/hostsfile/config.pan
@@ -7,12 +7,5 @@ unique template components/${project.artifactId}/config;
 
 include 'components/${project.artifactId}/schema';
 
-# Package to install
-"/software/packages" = pkg_repl("ncm-${project.artifactId}", "${no-snapshot-version}-${rpm.release}", "noarch");
-
-# Set prefix to root of component configuration.
-prefix '/software/components/${project.artifactId}';
-
-'version' = '${no-snapshot-version}';
-'active' ?= false;
-'dispatch' ?= false;
+include 'components/${project.artifactId}/config-common';
+include 'components/${project.artifactId}/config-rpm';
diff --git a/ncm-hostsfile/src/test/perl/configure.t b/ncm-hostsfile/src/test/perl/configure.t
index cabf74855b..dfe1c38280 100644
--- a/ncm-hostsfile/src/test/perl/configure.t
+++ b/ncm-hostsfile/src/test/perl/configure.t
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Readonly;
 
-use Test::More tests => 5;
+use Test::More tests => 9;
 use Test::NoWarnings;
-use Test::Quattor qw(ipv4 ms_localhost);
+use Test::Quattor qw(ipv4 ipv6 dual_stack_localhost ms_localhost);
 use NCM::Component::hostsfile;
 use Test::MockModule;
 
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ Readonly my $HOSTSFILE_EXPECTED_IPV4 =>
 192.168.42.3	priv_3                      # NCM Private Three
 ';
 
+Readonly my $HOSTSFILE_EXPECTED_IPV6 =>
+'# Generated by Quattor component hostsfile 2.0.0
+127.0.0.1		localhost.localdomain localhost
+::1	localhost6 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6.localdomain6 # NCM
+';
+
+Readonly my $HOSTSFILE_EXPECTED_DUALSTACK_LOCALHOST =>
+'# Generated by Quattor component hostsfile 2.0.0
+127.0.0.1	localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4 # NCM
+::1	localhost6 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6.localdomain6 # NCM
+';
+
 Readonly my $HOSTSFILE_EXPECTED_MS_LOCALHOST =>
 '# Generated by Quattor component hostsfile 2.0.0
 127.0.0.1	localhost                      # NCM
@@ -61,6 +73,15 @@ $file_contents = '';
 is($cmp->Configure($config), 1, 'Component runs correctly with profile (ipv4)');
 is($file_contents, $HOSTSFILE_EXPECTED_IPV4, 'Hostsfile updated with correct contents (ipv4)');
 
+$config = get_config_for_profile('ipv6');
+$file_contents = '';
+is($cmp->Configure($config), 1, 'Component runs correctly with profile (ipv6)');
+is($file_contents, $HOSTSFILE_EXPECTED_IPV6, 'Hostsfile updated with correct contents (ipv6)');
+
+$config = get_config_for_profile('dual_stack_localhost');
+$file_contents = '';
+is($cmp->Configure($config), 1, 'Component runs correctly with profile (dual_stack_localhost)');
+is($file_contents, $HOSTSFILE_EXPECTED_DUALSTACK_LOCALHOST, 'Hostsfile updated with correct contents (dual_stack_localhost)');
 
 $config = get_config_for_profile('ms_localhost');
 $file_contents = '';
diff --git a/ncm-hostsfile/src/test/resources/dual_stack_localhost.pan b/ncm-hostsfile/src/test/resources/dual_stack_localhost.pan
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69bdae0c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncm-hostsfile/src/test/resources/dual_stack_localhost.pan
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+object template dual_stack_localhost;
+
+include 'components/hostsfile/config-common';
+
+prefix '/software/components/hostsfile';
+
+'active' = true;
+'file' = '/tmp/hosts.local';
+'takeover' = true;
+'entries' ?= dict();
+
+# IPv4
+'entries' = merge(SELF, HOSTSFILE_LOCALHOST4);
+
+# IPv6
+'entries' = merge(SELF, HOSTSFILE_LOCALHOST6);
diff --git a/ncm-hostsfile/src/test/resources/ipv6.pan b/ncm-hostsfile/src/test/resources/ipv6.pan
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39ebfc9882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncm-hostsfile/src/test/resources/ipv6.pan
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+object template ipv6;
+
+include 'components/hostsfile/config-common';
+
+prefix '/software/components/hostsfile';
+
+'active' = true;
+'file' = '/tmp/hosts.local';
+'entries' ?= dict();
+
+'entries' = merge(SELF, HOSTSFILE_LOCALHOST6);