diff --git a/src/inspector_socket.cc b/src/inspector_socket.cc
index 79b50e6a452d7a..ab1cdf1fa5bdb6 100644
--- a/src/inspector_socket.cc
+++ b/src/inspector_socket.cc
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ static std::string TrimPort(const std::string& host) {
 static bool IsIPAddress(const std::string& host) {
   if (host.length() >= 4 && host.front() == '[' && host.back() == ']')
     return true;
+  if (host.front() == '0') return false;
   uint_fast16_t accum = 0;
   uint_fast8_t quads = 0;
   bool empty = true;
diff --git a/test/cctest/test_inspector_socket.cc b/test/cctest/test_inspector_socket.cc
index c740d961d9b773..6ae92c4b27e232 100644
--- a/test/cctest/test_inspector_socket.cc
+++ b/test/cctest/test_inspector_socket.cc
@@ -925,4 +925,12 @@ TEST_F(InspectorSocketTest, HostIpTooManyOctetsChecked) {
   expect_handshake_failure();
 }
 
+TEST_F(InspectorSocketTest, HostIPNonRoutable) {
+  const std::string INVALID_HOST_IP_REQUEST = "GET /json HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+                                              "Host: 0.0.0.0:9229\r\n\r\n";
+  send_in_chunks(INVALID_HOST_IP_REQUEST.c_str(),
+                 INVALID_HOST_IP_REQUEST.length());
+  expect_handshake_failure();
+}
+
 }  // anonymous namespace