diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index cb5bc04..a863006 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -616,6 +616,23 @@
 	return string(buf, end, ip6_addr, field_width, precision, flags & ~SPECIAL);
 }
 
+static char *ip4_addr_string(char *buf, char *end, u8 *addr, int field_width,
+			 int precision, int flags)
+{
+	char ip4_addr[4 * 4]; /* (4 * 3 decimal digits), 3 dots and trailing zero */
+	char *p = ip4_addr;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+		p = put_dec_trunc(p, addr[i]);
+		if (i != 3)
+			*p++ = '.';
+	}
+	*p = '\0';
+
+	return string(buf, end, ip4_addr, field_width, precision, flags & ~SPECIAL);
+}
+
 /*
  * Show a '%p' thing.  A kernel extension is that the '%p' is followed
  * by an extra set of alphanumeric characters that are extended format
@@ -629,6 +646,10 @@
  *       addresses (not the name nor the flags)
  * - 'M' For a 6-byte MAC address, it prints the address in the
  *       usual colon-separated hex notation
+ * - 'I' [46] for IPv4/IPv6 addresses printed in the usual way (dot-separated
+ *       decimal for v4 and colon separated network-order 16 bit hex for v6)
+ * - 'i' [46] for 'raw' IPv4/IPv6 addresses, IPv6 omits the colons, IPv4 is
+         currently the same
  * - '6' For a IPv6 address prints the address in network-ordered 16 bit hex
  *       with colon separators
  *
@@ -650,6 +671,16 @@
 		return mac_address_string(buf, end, ptr, field_width, precision, flags);
 	case '6':
 		return ip6_addr_string(buf, end, ptr, field_width, precision, flags);
+	case 'i':
+		flags |= SPECIAL;
+		/* Fallthrough */
+	case 'I':
+		if (fmt[1] == '6')
+			return ip6_addr_string(buf, end, ptr, field_width, precision, flags);
+		if (fmt[1] == '4')
+			return ip4_addr_string(buf, end, ptr, field_width, precision, flags);
+		flags &= ~SPECIAL;
+		break;
 	}
 	flags |= SMALL;
 	if (field_width == -1) {