diff --git a/IPython/utils/localinterfaces.py b/IPython/utils/localinterfaces.py
index f1dbe83..05a9645 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/localinterfaces.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/localinterfaces.py
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ def _load_ips_ifconfig():
     for line in lines:
         blocks = line.lower().split()
         if (len(blocks) >= 2) and (blocks[0] == 'inet'):
-            addrs.append(blocks[1])
+            if "addr:" in blocks[1]:
+                addrs.append(blocks[1].split(":")[1])
+            else:
+                addrs.append(blocks[1])
     _populate_from_list(addrs)