diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
index b4c2af66e..5fc887f19 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
@@ -89,7 +89,12 @@ sub generate_script_1( $ ) {
 
 	    emit "#!$config{SHOREWALL_SHELL}\n#\n# Compiled firewall script generated by Shorewall $globals{VERSION} - $date\n#";
 
-	    copy  $globals{SHAREDIRPL} . 'prog.header';
+	    if ( $family == F_IPV4 ) {
+		copy $globals{SHAREDIRPL} . 'prog.header';
+	    } else {
+		copy $globals{SHAREDIRPL} . 'prog.header6';
+	    }
+
 	    copy2 $globals{SHAREDIRPL} . '/lib.core', 0;
 	    copy2 $globals{SHAREDIRPL} . '/lib.common', 0;
 	}
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header6 b/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header6
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3dc9a2d32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header6
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#     This program is under GPL [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt]
+#
+#     (c) 1999-2012 - Tom Eastep (teastep@shorewall.net)
+#
+#	Options are:
+#
+#	    -n				  Don't alter Routing
+#	    -v and -q			  Standard Shorewall Verbosity control
+#           -t                            Timestamp progress messages
+#           -p                            Purge conntrack table
+#           -r                            Recover from failed start/restart
+#           -V <verbosity>                Set verbosity level explicitly
+#           -R <restore>                  Overrides RESTOREFILE setting
+#
+#	Commands are:
+#
+#	   start			  Starts the firewall
+#          refresh                        Refresh the firewall
+#	   restart			  Restarts the firewall
+#	   reload			  Reload the firewall
+#	   clear			  Removes all firewall rules
+#	   stop				  Stops the firewall
+#	   status			  Displays firewall status
+#	   version			  Displays the version of Shorewall that
+#	   				  generated this program
+#