diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/urlmatch.py b/qutebrowser/utils/urlmatch.py
index 4b6b9aa83..49f6f80f1 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/urlmatch.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/urlmatch.py
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ class UrlPattern:
             # Using QUrl parsing to minimize ipv6 addresses
             url = QUrl()
             url.setHost("[" + parsed.hostname + "]")
-            if url.host() == "":
-                raise ParseError("Invalid IPv6 URL"+parsed.hostname)
+            if not url.isValid():
+                raise ParseError(url.errorString())
             self._host = url.host()
             return
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_urlmatch.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_urlmatch.py
index b8ab4ace1..ea238303f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_urlmatch.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_urlmatch.py
@@ -85,16 +85,17 @@ from qutebrowser.utils import urlmatch
     # Additional tests
     ("http://[", "Invalid IPv6 URL"),
     ("http://[fc2e:bb88::edac]:", "Invalid port: Port is empty"),
-    ("http://[fc2e::bb88::edac]", "Invalid IPv6 URL"),
-    ("http://[fc2e:0e35:bb88::edac:fc2e:0e35:bb88:edac]", "Invalid IPv6 URL"),
-    ("http://[fc2e:0e35:bb88:af:edac:fc2e:0e35:bb88:edac]", "Invalid IPv6 URL"),
-    ("http://[127.0.0.1:fc2e::bb88:edac]", "Invalid IPv6 URL"),
+    ("http://[fc2e::bb88::edac]", """Invalid IPv6 address (character ':' not permitted); source was "[fc2e::bb88::edac]"; host = """""),
+    ("http://[fc2e:0e35:bb88::edac:fc2e:0e35:bb88:edac]", 'Invalid IPv6 address; source was "[fc2e:0e35:bb88::edac:fc2e:0e35:bb88:edac]"; host = ""'),
+    ("http://[fc2e:0e35:bb88:af:edac:fc2e:0e35:bb88:edac]", 'Invalid IPv6 address; source was "[fc2e:0e35:bb88:af:edac:fc2e:0e35:bb88:edac]"; host = ""'),
+    ("http://[127.0.0.1:fc2e::bb88:edac]", """Invalid IPv6 address (character '1' not permitted); source was "[127.0.0.1:fc2e::bb88:edac]"; host = """""),
     ("http://[]:20", "Pattern without host"),
     ("http://[fc2e::bb88", "Invalid IPv6 URL"),
-    ("http://[[fc2e::bb88:edac]", "Invalid IPv6 URL"),
-    ("http://[fc2e::bb88:edac]]", "Invalid IPv6 URL"),
-    ("http://[fc2e:bb88:edac]", "Invalid IPv6 URL"),
-    ("http://[fc2e:bb88:edac::z]", "Invalid IPv6 URL"),
+    ("http://[[fc2e::bb88:edac]", """Invalid IPv6 address (character '[' not permitted); source was "[[fc2e::bb88:edac]"; host = """""),
+    pytest.param("http://[fc2e::bb88:edac]]", "Invalid IPv6 URL", marks=pytest.mark.xfail(
+    reason="https://bugs.python.org/issue34360")),
+    ("http://[fc2e:bb88:edac]", 'Invalid IPv6 address; source was "[fc2e:bb88:edac]"; host = ""'),
+    ("http://[fc2e:bb88:edac::z]", """Invalid IPv6 address (character 'z' not permitted); source was "[fc2e:bb88:edac::z]"; host = """""),
     ("http://[fc2e:bb88:edac::2]:2a2", "Invalid port: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '2a2'"),
 
 ])