diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index d36d686d..94df85e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ HISTORY
 
  ++ Bugfixes:
 
+  2014-02-25: Simon Goldschmidt
+  ip4.c: fixed bug #39514 ip_route() may return an IPv6-only interface
+
   2014-02-25: Simon Goldschmidt, patch by Fatih Asici
   * pbuf.c: fixed bug #39356 Wrong increment in pbuf_memfind()
 
diff --git a/src/core/ipv4/ip4.c b/src/core/ipv4/ip4.c
index 04a36111..48d2a391 100644
--- a/src/core/ipv4/ip4.c
+++ b/src/core/ipv4/ip4.c
@@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ ip_route(ip_addr_t *dest)
   /* iterate through netifs */
   for (netif = netif_list; netif != NULL; netif = netif->next) {
     /* network mask matches? */
-    if (netif_is_up(netif)) {
+    if ((netif_is_up(netif))
+#if LWIP_IPV6
+        /* prevent using IPv6-only interfaces */
+        && (!ip_addr_isany(&(netif->ip_addr)))
+#endif /* LWIP_IPV6 */ 
+        ) {
       if (ip_addr_netcmp(dest, &(netif->ip_addr), &(netif->netmask))) {
         /* return netif on which to forward IP packet */
         return netif;