--- old/test/sun/management/jmxremote/bootstrap/JMXInterfaceBindingTest.java	2016-01-29 14:00:21.619533042 +0100
+++ new/test/sun/management/jmxremote/bootstrap/JMXInterfaceBindingTest.java	2016-01-29 14:00:21.544534071 +0100
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.net.NetworkInterface;
+import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -74,23 +76,24 @@
                                                 "truststore";
     public static final String TEST_CLASSPATH = System.getProperty("test.classes", ".");
 
-    public void run(InetAddress[] addrs) {
+    public void run(List<InetAddress> addrs) {
         System.out.println("DEBUG: Running tests with plain sockets.");
         runTests(addrs, false);
         System.out.println("DEBUG: Running tests with SSL sockets.");
         runTests(addrs, true);
     }
 
-    private void runTests(InetAddress[] addrs, boolean useSSL) {
-        TestProcessThread[] jvms = new TestProcessThread[addrs.length];
-        for (int i = 0; i < addrs.length; i++) {
+    private void runTests(List<InetAddress> addrs, boolean useSSL) {
+        TestProcessThread[] jvms = new TestProcessThread[addrs.size()];
+        for (int i = 0; i < addrs.size(); i++) {
+            String addr = JMXAgentInterfaceBinding.wrapAddress(addrs.get(i).getHostAddress());
             System.out.println();
             String msg = String.format("DEBUG: Launching java tester for triplet (HOSTNAME,JMX_PORT,RMI_PORT) == (%s,%d,%d)",
-                    addrs[i].getHostAddress(),
+                    addr,
                     JMX_PORT,
                     RMI_PORT);
             System.out.println(msg);
-            jvms[i] = runJMXBindingTest(addrs[i], useSSL);
+            jvms[i] = runJMXBindingTest(addr, useSSL);
             jvms[i].start();
             System.out.println("DEBUG: Started " + (i + 1) + " Process(es).");
         }
@@ -119,15 +122,15 @@
             }
         }
         if (failedProcesses > 0) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Test FAILED. " + failedProcesses + " out of " + addrs.length + " process(es) failed to start the JMX agent.");
+            throw new RuntimeException("Test FAILED. " + failedProcesses + " out of " + addrs.size() + " process(es) failed to start the JMX agent.");
         }
     }
 
-    private TestProcessThread runJMXBindingTest(InetAddress a, boolean useSSL) {
+    private TestProcessThread runJMXBindingTest(String address, boolean useSSL) {
         List<String> args = new ArrayList<>();
         args.add("-classpath");
         args.add(TEST_CLASSPATH);
-        args.add("-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.host=" + a.getHostAddress());
+        args.add("-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.host=" + address);
         args.add("-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=" + JMX_PORT);
         args.add("-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port=" + RMI_PORT);
         args.add("-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false");
@@ -140,14 +143,14 @@
             args.add("-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=trustword");
         }
         args.add(TEST_CLASS);
-        args.add(a.getHostAddress());
+        args.add(address);
         args.add(Integer.toString(JMX_PORT));
         args.add(Integer.toString(RMI_PORT));
         args.add(Boolean.toString(useSSL));
         try {
             ProcessBuilder builder = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(args.toArray(new String[] {}));
             System.out.println(ProcessTools.getCommandLine(builder));
-            TestProcessThread jvm = new TestProcessThread("JMX-Tester-" + a.getHostAddress(), JMXInterfaceBindingTest::isJMXAgentResponseAvailable, builder);
+            TestProcessThread jvm = new TestProcessThread("JMX-Tester-" + address, JMXInterfaceBindingTest::isJMXAgentResponseAvailable, builder);
             return jvm;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Test failed", e);
@@ -173,8 +176,8 @@
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        InetAddress[] addrs = getAddressesForLocalHost();
-        if (addrs.length < 2) {
+        List<InetAddress> addrs = getAddressesForLocalHost();
+        if (addrs.size() < 2) {
             System.out.println("Ignoring manual test since no more than one IPs are configured for 'localhost'");
             return;
         }
@@ -183,14 +186,29 @@
         System.out.println("All tests PASSED.");
     }
 
-    private static InetAddress[] getAddressesForLocalHost() {
-        InetAddress[] addrs;
+    private static List<InetAddress> getAddressesForLocalHost() {
         try {
-            addrs = InetAddress.getAllByName("localhost");
-        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+            List<InetAddress> filtered = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (NetworkInterface iface: Collections.list(NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces())) {
+                for (InetAddress addr: Collections.list(iface.getInetAddresses())) {
+                    if (isNonloopbackLocalhost(addr)) {
+                        filtered.add(addr);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return filtered;
+        } catch (SocketException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Test failed", e);
         }
-        return addrs;
+    }
+
+    // we need 'real' localhost addresses only (eg. not loopback ones)
+    // so we can bind the remote JMX connector to them
+    private static boolean isNonloopbackLocalhost(InetAddress i) {
+        if (!i.isLoopbackAddress()) {
+            return i.getHostName().toLowerCase().equals("localhost");
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     private static class TestProcessThread extends Thread {