diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index b89dd31a..6a976798 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -151,6 +151,35 @@ func getRequestedAddressFamily(
 	return proto.RequestedFamilyIPv4
 }
 
+// appendRequestedAddressFamilyOrReservation adds either RESERVATION-TOKEN or
+// REQUESTED-ADDRESS-FAMILY to the provided setters slice, respecting mutual
+// exclusivity rules from RFC 6156.
+// The REQUESTED-ADDRESS-FAMILY attribute is
+// only included when IPv6 is desired.
+func appendRequestedAddressFamilyOrReservation(
+	setters []stun.Setter,
+	requestedFamily proto.RequestedAddressFamily,
+	reservationToken []byte,
+) []stun.Setter {
+	// Clients MUST NOT include a REQUESTED-ADDRESS-FAMILY attribute in an
+	// Allocate request that contains a RESERVATION-TOKEN attribute.
+	// https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6156#section-4.1
+	if len(reservationToken) != 0 {
+		return append(setters, proto.ReservationToken(reservationToken))
+	}
+
+	// Only include the attribute when IPv6 is explicitly requested.
+	// This indirectly implied by the specification:
+	// If the REQUESTED-ADDRESS-FAMILY attribute is absent, the server MUST
+	// allocate an IPv4-relayed transport address for the TURN client.
+	// https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6156#section-4.2
+	if requestedFamily == proto.RequestedFamilyIPv6 {
+		return append(setters, requestedFamily)
+	}
+
+	return setters
+}
+
 // NewClient returns a new Client instance. listeningAddress is the address and port to listen on,
 // default "0.0.0.0:0".
 func NewClient(config *ClientConfig) (*Client, error) { //nolint:gocyclo,cyclop
@@ -341,12 +370,10 @@ func (c *Client) sendAllocateRequest(protocol proto.Protocol) ( //nolint:cyclop
 		proto.RequestedTransport{Protocol: protocol},
 		stun.Fingerprint,
 	}
-	// RFC 6156: REQUESTED-ADDRESS-FAMILY and RESERVATION-TOKEN are mutually exclusive.
-	if len(c.reservationToken) != 0 {
-		allocationSetters = append(allocationSetters, proto.ReservationToken(c.reservationToken))
-	} else {
-		allocationSetters = append(allocationSetters, c.requestedAddressFamily)
-	}
+
+	allocationSetters = appendRequestedAddressFamilyOrReservation(
+		allocationSetters, c.requestedAddressFamily, c.reservationToken,
+	)
 	if c.evenPort {
 		allocationSetters = append(allocationSetters, proto.EvenPort{ReservePort: true})
 	}
@@ -385,12 +412,10 @@ func (c *Client) sendAllocateRequest(protocol proto.Protocol) ( //nolint:cyclop
 		&c.integrity,
 		stun.Fingerprint,
 	}
-	// RFC 6156: REQUESTED-ADDRESS-FAMILY and RESERVATION-TOKEN are mutually exclusive.
-	if len(c.reservationToken) != 0 {
-		allocationSetters = append(allocationSetters, proto.ReservationToken(c.reservationToken))
-	} else {
-		allocationSetters = append(allocationSetters, c.requestedAddressFamily)
-	}
+
+	allocationSetters = appendRequestedAddressFamilyOrReservation(
+		allocationSetters, c.requestedAddressFamily, c.reservationToken,
+	)
 	if c.evenPort {
 		allocationSetters = append(allocationSetters, proto.EvenPort{ReservePort: true})
 	}
diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index 1ec77531..d9c43232 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -793,6 +793,53 @@ func TestGetRequestedAddressFamily(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAppendRequestedAddressFamilyOrReservation(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("IPv4 omits attribute", func(t *testing.T) {
+		setters := appendRequestedAddressFamilyOrReservation(
+			[]stun.Setter{stun.TransactionID, stun.NewType(stun.MethodAllocate, stun.ClassRequest)},
+			proto.RequestedFamilyIPv4,
+			nil,
+		)
+
+		msg, err := stun.Build(setters...)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assert.False(t, msg.Contains(stun.AttrRequestedAddressFamily))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("IPv6 includes attribute", func(t *testing.T) {
+		setters := appendRequestedAddressFamilyOrReservation(
+			[]stun.Setter{stun.TransactionID, stun.NewType(stun.MethodAllocate, stun.ClassRequest)},
+			proto.RequestedFamilyIPv6,
+			nil,
+		)
+
+		msg, err := stun.Build(setters...)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		var raf proto.RequestedAddressFamily
+		require.NoError(t, raf.GetFrom(msg))
+		assert.Equal(t, proto.RequestedFamilyIPv6, raf)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Reservation token takes precedence", func(t *testing.T) {
+		token := proto.ReservationToken{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}
+		setters := appendRequestedAddressFamilyOrReservation(
+			[]stun.Setter{stun.TransactionID, stun.NewType(stun.MethodAllocate, stun.ClassRequest)},
+			proto.RequestedFamilyIPv6,
+			token,
+		)
+
+		msg, err := stun.Build(setters...)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		var parsedToken proto.ReservationToken
+		require.NoError(t, parsedToken.GetFrom(msg))
+		assert.Equal(t, token, parsedToken)
+		assert.False(t, msg.Contains(stun.AttrRequestedAddressFamily))
+	})
+}
+
 type channelBindFilterConn struct {
 	net.PacketConn