diff --git a/acls.go b/acls.go
index f30e46ec7c..2073ee8483 100644
--- a/acls.go
+++ b/acls.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	"github.com/tailscale/hujson"
 	"go4.org/netipx"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
@@ -533,9 +534,11 @@ func parseProtocol(protocol string) ([]int, bool, error) {
 // - a group
 // - a tag
 // - a host
+// - an ip
+// - a cidr
 // and transform these in IPAddresses.
 func expandAlias(
-	machines []Machine,
+	machines Machines,
 	aclPolicy ACLPolicy,
 	alias string,
 	stripEmailDomain bool,
@@ -617,19 +620,40 @@ func expandAlias(
 
 	// if alias is an host
 	if h, ok := aclPolicy.Hosts[alias]; ok {
-		return []string{h.String()}, nil
+		log.Trace().Str("host", h.String()).Msg("expandAlias got hosts entry")
+
+		return expandAlias(machines, aclPolicy, h.String(), stripEmailDomain)
 	}
 
 	// if alias is an IP
-	ip, err := netip.ParseAddr(alias)
-	if err == nil {
-		return []string{ip.String()}, nil
+	if ip, err := netip.ParseAddr(alias); err == nil {
+		log.Trace().Str("ip", ip.String()).Msg("expandAlias got ip")
+		ips := []string{ip.String()}
+		matches := machines.FilterByIP(ip)
+
+		for _, machine := range matches {
+			ips = append(ips, machine.IPAddresses.ToStringSlice()...)
+		}
+
+		return lo.Uniq(ips), nil
 	}
 
-	// if alias is an CIDR
-	cidr, err := netip.ParsePrefix(alias)
-	if err == nil {
-		return []string{cidr.String()}, nil
+	if cidr, err := netip.ParsePrefix(alias); err == nil {
+		log.Trace().Str("cidr", cidr.String()).Msg("expandAlias got cidr")
+		val := []string{cidr.String()}
+		// This is suboptimal and quite expensive, but if we only add the cidr, we will miss all the relevant IPv6
+		// addresses for the hosts that belong to tailscale. This doesnt really affect stuff like subnet routers.
+		for _, machine := range machines {
+			for _, ip := range machine.IPAddresses {
+				// log.Trace().
+				// 	Msgf("checking if machine ip (%s) is part of cidr (%s): %v, is single ip cidr (%v), addr: %s", ip.String(), cidr.String(), cidr.Contains(ip), cidr.IsSingleIP(), cidr.Addr().String())
+				if cidr.Contains(ip) {
+					val = append(val, machine.IPAddresses.ToStringSlice()...)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return lo.Uniq(val), nil
 	}
 
 	log.Warn().Msgf("No IPs found with the alias %v", alias)
diff --git a/acls_test.go b/acls_test.go
index 7d464c71f5..eaac2a7cf3 100644
--- a/acls_test.go
+++ b/acls_test.go
@@ -1026,29 +1026,70 @@ func Test_expandAlias(t *testing.T) {
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "private network",
+			name: "simple host by ip passed through",
 			args: args{
-				alias:    "homeNetwork",
-				machines: []Machine{},
-				aclPolicy: ACLPolicy{
-					Hosts: Hosts{
-						"homeNetwork": netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24"),
+				alias:            "10.0.0.1",
+				machines:         []Machine{},
+				aclPolicy:        ACLPolicy{},
+				stripEmailDomain: true,
+			},
+			want:    []string{"10.0.0.1"},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "simple host by ipv4 single ipv4",
+			args: args{
+				alias: "10.0.0.1",
+				machines: []Machine{
+					{
+						IPAddresses: MachineAddresses{
+							netip.MustParseAddr("10.0.0.1"),
+						},
+						User: User{Name: "mickael"},
 					},
 				},
+				aclPolicy:        ACLPolicy{},
 				stripEmailDomain: true,
 			},
-			want:    []string{"192.168.1.0/24"},
+			want:    []string{"10.0.0.1"},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "simple host by ip",
+			name: "simple host by ipv4 single dual stack",
 			args: args{
-				alias:            "10.0.0.1",
-				machines:         []Machine{},
+				alias: "10.0.0.1",
+				machines: []Machine{
+					{
+						IPAddresses: MachineAddresses{
+							netip.MustParseAddr("10.0.0.1"),
+							netip.MustParseAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0:ab12:4843:2222:6273:2222"),
+						},
+						User: User{Name: "mickael"},
+					},
+				},
 				aclPolicy:        ACLPolicy{},
 				stripEmailDomain: true,
 			},
-			want:    []string{"10.0.0.1"},
+			want:    []string{"10.0.0.1", "fd7a:115c:a1e0:ab12:4843:2222:6273:2222"},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "simple host by ipv6 single dual stack",
+			args: args{
+				alias: "fd7a:115c:a1e0:ab12:4843:2222:6273:2222",
+				machines: []Machine{
+					{
+						IPAddresses: MachineAddresses{
+							netip.MustParseAddr("10.0.0.1"),
+							netip.MustParseAddr("fd7a:115c:a1e0:ab12:4843:2222:6273:2222"),
+						},
+						User: User{Name: "mickael"},
+					},
+				},
+				aclPolicy:        ACLPolicy{},
+				stripEmailDomain: true,
+			},
+			want:    []string{"fd7a:115c:a1e0:ab12:4843:2222:6273:2222", "10.0.0.1"},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
 		{
@@ -1066,6 +1107,21 @@ func Test_expandAlias(t *testing.T) {
 			want:    []string{"10.0.0.132/32"},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "private network",
+			args: args{
+				alias:    "homeNetwork",
+				machines: []Machine{},
+				aclPolicy: ACLPolicy{
+					Hosts: Hosts{
+						"homeNetwork": netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24"),
+					},
+				},
+				stripEmailDomain: true,
+			},
+			want:    []string{"192.168.1.0/24"},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "simple CIDR",
 			args: args{
diff --git a/machine.go b/machine.go
index 71217ab572..6dfa9501af 100644
--- a/machine.go
+++ b/machine.go
@@ -1267,3 +1267,17 @@ func (h *Headscale) GenerateGivenName(machineKey string, suppliedName string) (s
 
 	return givenName, nil
 }
+
+func (machines Machines) FilterByIP(ip netip.Addr) Machines {
+	found := make(Machines, 0)
+
+	for _, machine := range machines {
+		for _, mIP := range machine.IPAddresses {
+			if ip == mIP {
+				found = append(found, machine)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return found
+}