diff --git a/chrootInstall.sh b/chrootInstall.sh
index 7c405f0..b89febb 100755
--- a/chrootInstall.sh
+++ b/chrootInstall.sh
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ fi
 echo -e ""$username"        soft    memlock        64\n"$username"        hard    memlock        2097152\n"$username"        hard    nofile        524288\n# End of file" > /etc/security/limits.conf  # increase memlock and add support for esync
 mkdir -p /home/"$username"/.gnupg
 echo 'pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-tty' > /home/"$username"/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf  # forces gpg prompts to use terminal input
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rwinkhart/artix-install-script/main/config-files/gai.conf -o /etc/gai.conf  # configure gai to prefer IPv6
 pacman -S neofetch htop --needed --noconfirm
 rc-update add local default
 
diff --git a/config-files/gai.conf b/config-files/gai.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb776d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config-files/gai.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Configuration for getaddrinfo(3).
+label ::1/128       0
+label ::/0          1
+label 2002::/16     2
+label ::/96         3
+label ::ffff:0:0/96 4
+label fec0::/10     5
+label fc00::/7      6
+label 2001:0::/32   7