diff --git a/src/lib/dhcp/dhcpcd b/src/lib/dhcp/dhcpcd
index c729c08..da607c2 100644
--- a/src/lib/dhcp/dhcpcd
+++ b/src/lib/dhcp/dhcpcd
@@ -1,14 +1,40 @@
 type dhcpcd &> /dev/null || return
 
 dhcpcd_start() {
-    if [[ $1 != "4" ]]; then
-        report_error "Using 'dhcpcd' for IPv6 is currently not possible in netctl"
+    if [[ $1 == "6" ]] && [[ $2 == "noauto" ]]; then
+        report_error "Using 'dhcpcd' for IPv6 noauto is currently not possible in netctl"
         return 1
     fi
+
+    if [[ $DHCPClient == "" ]]; then
+        DHCPClient="dhcpcd"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $DHCP6Client == "" ]]; then
+        DHCP6Client="dhclient"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $1 == "6" ]]; then
+        report_notice "Using 'dhcpcd' for IPv6 might not function correctly on networks without router advertisement."
+        #There's no need to start two instances of dhcpcd
+        if [[ $DHCPClient == "dhcpcd" ]] && [[ $DHCP6Client == "dhcpcd" ]]; then
+            report_notice "No need to run two instances of dhcpcd, gracefully aborting IPv6 instance"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    fi
     rm -f "/run/dhcpcd-$Interface".{pid,cache}
     # If using own dns, tell dhcpcd to NOT replace resolv.conf
     [[ $DNS ]] && DhcpcdOptions+=" -C resolv.conf"
-    do_debug dhcpcd -4qL -t "${TimeoutDHCP:-30}" $DhcpcdOptions "$Interface" |& report_debug "$(cat)"
+    if [[ $DHCPClient == "dhcpcd" ]] && [[ $DHCP6Client != "dhcpcd" ]]; then
+        report_notice "No IPv6 enabled"
+        DhcpcdOptions="$DhcpcdOptions -4"
+    fi
+    if [[ $DHCPClient != "dhcpcd" ]] && [[ $DHCP6Client == "dhcpcd" ]]; then
+        DhcpcdOptions="$DhcpcdOptions -6"
+    fi
+    report_notice "DHCPClient=$DHCPClient"
+    report_notice "DHCP6Client=$DHCP6Client"
+    do_debug dhcpcd -qL -t "${TimeoutDHCP:-30}" $DhcpcdOptions "$Interface" |& report_debug "$(cat)"
     # The first array value of PIPESTATUS is the exit status of dhcpcd
     if (( PIPESTATUS != 0 )); then
         report_error "DHCP IP lease attempt failed on interface '$Interface'"