diff --git a/mopidy/http/actor.py b/mopidy/http/actor.py
index 9fd4ffca..3324a277 100644
--- a/mopidy/http/actor.py
+++ b/mopidy/http/actor.py
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ class HttpFrontend(pykka.ThreadingActor, CoreListener):
 
         self.hostname = config['http']['hostname']
         self.port = config['http']['port']
+
         self.zeroconf_name = config['http']['zeroconf']
-        self.zeroconf_service = None
+        self.zeroconf_http = None
+        self.zeroconf_mopidy_http = None
 
         try:
             logger.debug('Starting HTTP server')
@@ -46,10 +48,23 @@ class HttpFrontend(pykka.ThreadingActor, CoreListener):
 
     def on_start(self):
         threading.Thread(target=self._startup).start()
-        self._publish_zeroconf()
+
+        if self.zeroconf_name:
+            self.zeroconf_http = zeroconf.Zeroconf(
+                stype='_http._tcp', name=self.zeroconf_name,
+                host=self.hostname, port=self.port)
+            self.zeroconf_mopidy_http = zeroconf.Zeroconf(
+                stype='_mopidy-http._tcp', name=self.zeroconf_name,
+                host=self.hostname, port=self.port)
+            self.zeroconf_http.publish()
+            self.zeroconf_mopidy_http.publish()
 
     def on_stop(self):
-        self._unpublish_zeroconf()
+        if self.zeroconf_http:
+            self.zeroconf_http.unpublish()
+        if self.zeroconf_mopidy_http:
+            self.zeroconf_mopidy_http.unpublish()
+
         tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance().add_callback(self._shutdown)
 
     def _startup(self):
@@ -131,36 +146,3 @@ class HttpFrontend(pykka.ThreadingActor, CoreListener):
             ))
             logger.debug('Loaded static HTTP extension: %s', static['name'])
         return result
-
-    def _publish_zeroconf(self):
-        if not self.zeroconf_name:
-            return
-
-        self.zeroconf_http_service = zeroconf.Zeroconf(
-            stype='_http._tcp', name=self.zeroconf_name,
-            host=self.hostname, port=self.port)
-
-        if self.zeroconf_http_service.publish():
-            logger.debug(
-                'Registered HTTP with Zeroconf as "%s"',
-                self.zeroconf_http_service.name)
-        else:
-            logger.debug('Registering HTTP with Zeroconf failed.')
-
-        self.zeroconf_mopidy_http_service = zeroconf.Zeroconf(
-            stype='_mopidy-http._tcp', name=self.zeroconf_name,
-            host=self.hostname, port=self.port)
-
-        if self.zeroconf_mopidy_http_service.publish():
-            logger.debug(
-                'Registered Mopidy-HTTP with Zeroconf as "%s"',
-                self.zeroconf_mopidy_http_service.name)
-        else:
-            logger.debug('Registering Mopidy-HTTP with Zeroconf failed.')
-
-    def _unpublish_zeroconf(self):
-        if self.zeroconf_http_service:
-            self.zeroconf_http_service.unpublish()
-
-        if self.zeroconf_mopidy_http_service:
-            self.zeroconf_mopidy_http_service.unpublish()
diff --git a/mopidy/mpd/actor.py b/mopidy/mpd/actor.py
index 8181e0e7..23d88bf9 100644
--- a/mopidy/mpd/actor.py
+++ b/mopidy/mpd/actor.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class MpdFrontend(pykka.ThreadingActor, CoreListener):
 
         self.hostname = network.format_hostname(config['mpd']['hostname'])
         self.port = config['mpd']['port']
+
         self.zeroconf_name = config['mpd']['zeroconf']
         self.zeroconf_service = None
 
@@ -43,13 +44,7 @@ class MpdFrontend(pykka.ThreadingActor, CoreListener):
             self.zeroconf_service = zeroconf.Zeroconf(
                 stype='_mpd._tcp', name=self.zeroconf_name,
                 host=self.hostname, port=self.port)
-
-            if self.zeroconf_service.publish():
-                logger.debug(
-                    'Registered MPD with Zeroconf as "%s"',
-                    self.zeroconf_service.name)
-            else:
-                logger.debug('Registering MPD with Zeroconf failed.')
+            self.zeroconf_service.publish()
 
     def on_stop(self):
         if self.zeroconf_service:
diff --git a/mopidy/zeroconf.py b/mopidy/zeroconf.py
index 1111975f..cdd84792 100644
--- a/mopidy/zeroconf.py
+++ b/mopidy/zeroconf.py
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ _AVAHI_PUBLISHFLAGS_NONE = 0
 
 
 def _is_loopback_address(host):
-    return host.startswith('127.') or host == '::1'
+    return (
+        host.startswith('127.') or
+        host.startswith('::ffff:127.') or
+        host == '::1')
 
 
 def _convert_text_to_dbus_bytes(text):
@@ -56,6 +59,10 @@ class Zeroconf(object):
         self.name = template.safe_substitute(
             hostname=self.host or socket.getfqdn(), port=self.port)
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return 'Zeroconf service %s at [%s]:%d' % (
+            self.stype, self.host, self.port)
+
     def publish(self):
         """Publish the service.
 
@@ -64,11 +71,11 @@ class Zeroconf(object):
 
         if _is_loopback_address(self.host):
             logger.debug(
-                'Zeroconf publish on loopback interface is not supported.')
+                '%s: Publish on loopback interface is not supported.', self)
             return False
 
         if not dbus:
-            logger.debug('Zeroconf publish failed: dbus not installed.')
+            logger.debug('%s: dbus not installed; publish failed.', self)
             return False
 
         try:
@@ -76,7 +83,7 @@ class Zeroconf(object):
 
             if not bus.name_has_owner('org.freedesktop.Avahi'):
                 logger.debug(
-                    'Zeroconf publish failed: Avahi service not running.')
+                    '%s: Avahi service not running; publish failed.', self)
                 return False
 
             server = dbus.Interface(
@@ -95,9 +102,10 @@ class Zeroconf(object):
                 self.domain, self.host, dbus.UInt16(self.port), text)
 
             self.group.Commit()
+            logger.debug('%s: Published', self)
             return True
         except dbus.exceptions.DBusException as e:
-            logger.debug('Zeroconf publish failed: %s', e)
+            logger.debug('%s: Publish failed: %s', self, e)
             return False
 
     def unpublish(self):
@@ -109,7 +117,8 @@ class Zeroconf(object):
         if self.group:
             try:
                 self.group.Reset()
+                logger.debug('%s: Unpublished', self)
             except dbus.exceptions.DBusException as e:
-                logger.debug('Zeroconf unpublish failed: %s', e)
+                logger.debug('%s: Unpublish failed: %s', self, e)
             finally:
                 self.group = None