diff --git a/sys/include/uri_parser.h b/sys/include/uri_parser.h
index 308e581046..c4091108da 100644
--- a/sys/include/uri_parser.h
+++ b/sys/include/uri_parser.h
@@ -39,18 +39,45 @@ extern "C" {
  * @brief container that holds all results
  */
 typedef struct {
-    char *scheme;                 /**< scheme */
-    char *userinfo;               /**< userinfo */
-    char *host;                   /**< host */
-    char *port;                   /**< port */
-    char *path;                   /**< path */
-    char *query;                  /**< query */
-    uint16_t scheme_len;          /**< length of @p scheme */
-    uint16_t userinfo_len;        /**< length of @p userinfo */
-    uint16_t host_len;            /**< length of @p host */
-    uint16_t port_len;            /**< length of @p port */
-    uint16_t path_len;            /**< length of @p path */
-    uint16_t query_len;           /**< length of @p query */
+    char *scheme;                   /**< scheme */
+    char *userinfo;                 /**< userinfo */
+
+    /**
+     * @brief host part
+     *
+     * @note for IPv6 addresses, @ref host also includes the brackets
+     * '[' and ']' as well as the zoneid (with leading '%'), if
+     * present.
+     */
+    char *host;
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Pointer to the start of the address, if @ref host is an
+     * IPv6 address and NULL otherwise
+     *
+     * @note @ref ipv6addr does not include the brackets '[' and ']'
+     * and the zoneid part.
+     */
+    char *ipv6addr;
+
+    /**
+     * @brief zoneid if @ref host is IPv6 address, NULL otherwise
+     *
+     * @see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6874
+     */
+    char *zoneid;
+
+    char *port;                     /**< port */
+    char *path;                     /**< path */
+    char *query;                    /**< query */
+    uint16_t scheme_len;            /**< length of @ref scheme */
+    uint16_t userinfo_len;          /**< length of @ref userinfo */
+    uint16_t host_len;              /**< length of @ref host */
+    uint16_t ipv6addr_len;          /**< length of @ref ipv6addr */
+    uint16_t zoneid_len;            /**< length of @ref zoneid */
+    uint16_t port_len;              /**< length of @ref port */
+    uint16_t path_len;              /**< length of @ref path */
+    uint16_t query_len;             /**< length of @ref query */
 } uri_parser_result_t;
 
 /**
diff --git a/sys/uri_parser/uri_parser.c b/sys/uri_parser/uri_parser.c
index 6006386c07..b71d022a93 100644
--- a/sys/uri_parser/uri_parser.c
+++ b/sys/uri_parser/uri_parser.c
@@ -133,6 +133,25 @@ static char *_consume_authority(uri_parser_result_t *result, char *uri,
         if (ipv6_end >= authority_end) {
             return NULL;
         }
+
+        char *zoneid_start = _strchrb(result->host, ipv6_end, '%');
+        if (zoneid_start) {
+            /* skip % */
+            result->zoneid = zoneid_start + 1;
+            result->zoneid_len = ipv6_end - result->zoneid;
+
+            /* zoneid cannot be empty */
+            if (result->zoneid_len == 0) {
+                return NULL;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /* remove '[', ']', and '%' zoneid from ipv6addr */
+        result->ipv6addr = result->host + 1;
+        result->ipv6addr_len = ipv6_end - result->ipv6addr;
+        if (result->zoneid) {
+            result->ipv6addr_len -= result->zoneid_len + 1;
+        }
     }
 
     /* consume port, if available */
@@ -145,6 +164,7 @@ static char *_consume_authority(uri_parser_result_t *result, char *uri,
         (result->userinfo || result->port)) {
         return NULL;
     }
+
     /* this includes the '/' */
     return authority_end;
 }