diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/iputils/iputils_20240117.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/iputils/iputils_20240117.bb
index 5a5e15528e..3880689742 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/iputils/iputils_20240117.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/iputils/iputils_20240117.bb
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
 ALTERNATIVE:${PN}-ping = "ping"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[ping] = "${base_bindir}/ping"
 
-SPLITPKGS = "${PN}-ping ${PN}-arping ${PN}-tracepath ${PN}-clockdiff"
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN}-ping6 = "ping6"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[ping6] = "${base_bindir}/ping6"
+
+SPLITPKGS = "${PN}-ping ${PN}-arping ${PN}-tracepath ${PN}-clockdiff \
+             ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ipv6', '${PN}-ping6', '', d)}"
 PACKAGES += "${SPLITPKGS}"
 
 ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN} = "1"
@@ -43,6 +47,13 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${SPLITPKGS}"
 
 FILES:${PN} = ""
 FILES:${PN}-ping = "${base_bindir}/ping.${BPN}"
+FILES:${PN}-ping6 = "${base_bindir}/ping6.${BPN}"
 FILES:${PN}-arping = "${base_bindir}/arping"
 FILES:${PN}-tracepath = "${base_bindir}/tracepath"
 FILES:${PN}-clockdiff = "${base_bindir}/clockdiff"
+
+do_install:append() {
+	if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ipv6', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+		ln -sf ping ${D}/${base_bindir}/ping6
+	fi
+}