diff --git a/include/re_uri.h b/include/re_uri.h
index 20efa8b..d323e5c 100644
--- a/include/re_uri.h
+++ b/include/re_uri.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ typedef int (uri_apply_h)(const struct pl *name, const struct pl *val,
 struct re_printf;
 int  uri_encode(struct re_printf *pf, const struct uri *uri);
 int  uri_decode(struct uri *uri, const struct pl *pl);
+int  uri_decode_hostport(const struct pl *hostport, struct pl *host,
+			 struct pl *port);
 int  uri_param_get(const struct pl *pl, const struct pl *pname,
 		   struct pl *pvalue);
 int  uri_params_apply(const struct pl *pl, uri_apply_h *ah, void *arg);
diff --git a/src/rtmp/conn.c b/src/rtmp/conn.c
index d92554f..1ea7758 100644
--- a/src/rtmp/conn.c
+++ b/src/rtmp/conn.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <re_sys.h>
 #include <re_odict.h>
 #include <re_dns.h>
+#include <re_uri.h>
 #include <re_rtmp.h>
 #include "rtmp.h"
 
@@ -773,12 +774,14 @@ static void query_handler(int err, const struct dnshdr *hdr, struct list *ansl,
  * Example URIs:
  *
  *     rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/my-stream
+ *     rtmp://[::1]/vod/mp4:sample.mp4
  */
 int rtmp_connect(struct rtmp_conn **connp, struct dnsc *dnsc, const char *uri,
 		 rtmp_estab_h *estabh, rtmp_command_h *cmdh,
 		 rtmp_close_h *closeh, void *arg)
 {
 	struct rtmp_conn *conn;
+	struct pl pl_hostport;
 	struct pl pl_host;
 	struct pl pl_port;
 	struct pl pl_app;
@@ -788,8 +791,11 @@ int rtmp_connect(struct rtmp_conn **connp, struct dnsc *dnsc, const char *uri,
 	if (!connp || !uri)
 		return EINVAL;
 
-	if (re_regex(uri, strlen(uri), "rtmp://[^:/]+[:]*[0-9]*/[^/]+/[^]+",
-		     &pl_host, NULL, &pl_port, &pl_app, &pl_stream))
+	if (re_regex(uri, strlen(uri), "rtmp://[^/]+/[^/]+/[^]+",
+		     &pl_hostport, &pl_app, &pl_stream))
+		return EINVAL;
+
+	if (uri_decode_hostport(&pl_hostport, &pl_host, &pl_port))
 		return EINVAL;
 
 	conn = rtmp_conn_alloc(true, estabh, cmdh, closeh, arg);
diff --git a/src/uri/uri.c b/src/uri/uri.c
index 433c34e..5409463 100644
--- a/src/uri/uri.c
+++ b/src/uri/uri.c
@@ -74,11 +74,18 @@ int uri_encode(struct re_printf *pf, const struct uri *uri)
 /**
  * Decode host-port portion of a URI (if present)
  *
+ * @param hostport Host and port input string
+ * @param host     Decoded host portion
+ * @param port     Decoded port portion
+ *
  * @return 0 if success, otherwise errorcode
  */
-static int decode_hostport(const struct pl *hostport, struct pl *host,
-			   struct pl *port)
+int uri_decode_hostport(const struct pl *hostport, struct pl *host,
+			struct pl *port)
 {
+	if (!hostport || !host || !port)
+		return EINVAL;
+
 	/* Try IPv6 first */
 	if (!re_regex(hostport->p, hostport->l, "\\[[0-9a-f:]+\\][:]*[0-9]*",
 		      host, NULL, port))
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ int uri_decode(struct uri *uri, const struct pl *pl)
 			  &uri->scheme, &uri->user, NULL, &uri->password,
 			  &hostport, &uri->params, &uri->headers)) {
 
-		if (0 == decode_hostport(&hostport, &uri->host, &port))
+		if (0 == uri_decode_hostport(&hostport, &uri->host, &port))
 			goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -122,7 +129,7 @@ int uri_decode(struct uri *uri, const struct pl *pl)
 	err = re_regex(pl->p, pl->l, "[^:]+:[^;? ]+[^?]*[^]*",
 		       &uri->scheme, &hostport, &uri->params, &uri->headers);
 	if (0 == err) {
-		err = decode_hostport(&hostport, &uri->host, &port);
+		err = uri_decode_hostport(&hostport, &uri->host, &port);
 		if (0 == err)
 			goto out;
 	}