diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 9f2c6a422..5f89909be 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -8006,22 +8006,31 @@ sub create_save_ipsets() {
 	  'save_ipsets() {' );
 
     if ( @ipsets || @{$globals{SAVED_IPSETS}} || ( $config{SAVE_IPSETS} && have_ipset_rules ) ) {
-    emit( '    local file' ,
-	  '',
-	  '    file=$1',
-	  ''
-	);
+	emit( '    local file' );
+	emit( '    local set' ) if have_capability 'IPSET_V5';
+	emit( '',
+	      '    file=$1',
+	      ''
+	    );
 
 	if ( @ipsets ) {
 	    ensure_ipset( $_ ) for @ipsets;
 	}
 
 	emit( '' ,
-	      '    rm -f ${VARDIR}/ipsets.save' ,
+	      '    rm -f $file' ,
 	      '' );
 
 	if ( $config{SAVE_IPSETS} ) {
-	    if ( $family == F_IPV4 ) {
+	    if ( $family == F_IPV6 || $config{SAVE_IPSETS} eq 'ipv4' ) {
+		my $select = $family == F_IPV4 ? '^create.*family inet ' : 'create.*family inet6 ';
+
+		emit( 'touch $file' );
+
+		emit( "for set in $(\$IPSET save | grep '$select' | cut -d' ' -f2); do" ,
+		      "    \$IPSET save $_ >> \$file" ,
+		      "done" );
+	    } else {
 		emit ( '    if [ -f /etc/debian_version ] && [ $(cat /etc/debian_version) = 5.0.3 ]; then' ,
 		       '        #',
 		       '        # The \'grep -v\' is a hack for a bug in ipset\'s nethash implementation when xtables-addons is applied to Lenny' ,
@@ -8034,11 +8043,8 @@ sub create_save_ipsets() {
 		       '    if eval $IPSET -S $hack > ${VARDIR}/ipsets.tmp; then' ,
 		       "        grep -qE -- \"^(-N|create )\" \${VARDIR}/ipsets.tmp && mv -f \${VARDIR}/ipsets.tmp \$file" ,
 		       '    fi' );
-	    } else {
-		emit ( '    if eval $IPSET -S > ${VARDIR}/ipsets.tmp; then' ,
-		       "        grep -qE -- \"^(-N|create )\" \${VARDIR}/ipsets.tmp && mv -f \${VARDIR}/ipsets.tmp \$file" ,
-		       '    fi' );
-	    }
+ 	    }
+
 	} elsif ( @ipsets || $globals{SAVED_IPSETS} ) {
 	    emit( '    rm -f ${VARDIR}/ipsets.tmp' ,
 		  '    touch ${VARDIR}/ipsets.tmp' ,
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
index cbcc91b82..aee177a2b 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
@@ -2470,7 +2470,7 @@ INLINE          -       -       -       ; -j REJECT
       <varlistentry>
         <term><emphasis role="bold">SAVE_IPSETS=</emphasis>{<emphasis
         role="bold">Yes</emphasis>|<emphasis
-        role="bold">No|<replaceable>setlist</replaceable></emphasis>}</term>
+        role="bold">No|ipv4|<replaceable>setlist</replaceable></emphasis>}</term>
 
         <listitem>
           <para>Re-enabled in Shorewall 4.4.6. If SAVE_IPSETS=Yes, then the
@@ -2480,9 +2480,21 @@ INLINE          -       -       -       ; -j REJECT
           <emphasis role="bold">shorewall start</emphasis> and <emphasis
           role="bold">shorewall restore</emphasis> commands.</para>
 
-          <para>Beginning with Shorewall 4.6.4, you can restrict the set of
-          ipsets saved by specifying a setlist (a comma-separated list of ipv4
-          ipset names).</para>
+          <para>Beginning with Shorewall 4.6.4:</para>
+
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+              <para>When SAVE_IPSETS=ipv4, only ipv4 ipsets are saved if the
+              'Ipset V5' capability is supported by your system.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>you can restrict the set of ipsets saved by specifying a
+              setlist (a comma-separated list of ipv4 ipset names).</para>
+            </listitem>
+          </itemizedlist>
+
+          <para> </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6.conf.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6.conf.xml
index be535f1e4..b4464afff 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6.conf.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6.conf.xml
@@ -2128,15 +2128,15 @@ INLINE          -       -       -       ; -j REJECT
         role="bold">No|<replaceable>setlist</replaceable></emphasis>}</term>
 
         <listitem>
-          <para>Re-enabled in Shorewall 4.4.6. If SAVE_IPSETS=Yes, then the
-          current contents of your ipsets will be saved by the <emphasis
+          <para>Added in Shoreall 4.6.4. If SAVE_IPSETS=Yes, then the current
+          contents of your ipv6 ipsets will be saved by the <emphasis
           role="bold">shorewall stop</emphasis> and <emphasis
           role="bold">shorewall save</emphasis> commands and restored by the
           <emphasis role="bold">shorewall start</emphasis> and <emphasis
           role="bold">shorewall restore</emphasis> commands.</para>
 
-          <para>Beginning with Shorewall 4.6.4, you can restrict the set of
-          ipsets saved by specifying a setlist (a comma-separated list of ipv6
+          <para>You can restrict the set of ipsets saved by specifying a
+          <replaceable>setlist</replaceable> (a comma-separated list of ipv6
           ipset names).</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>