diff --git a/src/plugins/console/server/lib/proxy_request.ts b/src/plugins/console/server/lib/proxy_request.ts
index 4c6c7c21f32a49..fb07b7c49a0038 100644
--- a/src/plugins/console/server/lib/proxy_request.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/console/server/lib/proxy_request.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ interface Args {
   rejectUnauthorized?: boolean;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Node http request library does not expect there to be trailing "[" or "]"
+ * characters in ipv6 host names.
+ */
+const sanitizeHostname = (hostName: string): string =>
+  hostName.trim().replace(/^\[/, '').replace(/\]$/, '');
+
 // We use a modified version of Hapi's Wreck because Hapi, Axios, and Superagent don't support GET requests
 // with bodies, but ES APIs do. Similarly with DELETE requests with bodies. Another library, `request`
 // diverged too much from current behaviour.
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@ export const proxyRequest = ({
     method: method.toUpperCase(),
     // We support overriding this on a per request basis to support legacy proxy config. See ./proxy_config.
     rejectUnauthorized: typeof rejectUnauthorized === 'boolean' ? rejectUnauthorized : undefined,
-    host: hostname,
+    host: sanitizeHostname(hostname),
     port: port === '' ? undefined : parseInt(port, 10),
     protocol,
     path: `${pathname}${search || ''}`,