diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4da73cb..ca9d986 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -133,12 +133,15 @@ V::lang('ar');
  * `in` - Performs in_array check on given array values
  * `notIn` - Negation of `in` rule (not in array of values)
  * `ip` - Valid IP address
+ * `ipv4` - Valid IP v4 address
+ * `ipv6` - Valid IP v6 address
  * `email` - Valid email address
  * `emailDNS` - Valid email address with active DNS record
  * `url` - Valid URL
  * `urlActive` - Valid URL with active DNS record
  * `alpha` - Alphabetic characters only
  * `alphaNum` - Alphabetic and numeric characters only
+ * `ascii` - ASCII characters only
  * `slug` - URL slug characters (a-z, 0-9, -, \_)
  * `regex` - Field matches given regex pattern
  * `date` - Field is a valid date
diff --git a/src/Valitron/Validator.php b/src/Valitron/Validator.php
index 5d44548..c9fe2f9 100644
--- a/src/Valitron/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Valitron/Validator.php
@@ -493,6 +493,30 @@ class Validator
         return filter_var($value, \FILTER_VALIDATE_IP) !== false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Validate that a field is a valid IP v4 address
+     *
+     * @param  string $field
+     * @param  mixed  $value
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function validateIpv4($field, $value)
+    {
+        return filter_var($value, \FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, \FILTER_FLAG_IPV4) !== false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate that a field is a valid IP v6 address
+     *
+     * @param  string $field
+     * @param  mixed  $value
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function validateIpv6($field, $value)
+    {
+        return filter_var($value, \FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, \FILTER_FLAG_IPV6) !== false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Validate that a field is a valid e-mail address
      *
@@ -505,6 +529,24 @@ class Validator
         return filter_var($value, \FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) !== false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Validate that a field contains only ASCII characters
+     *
+     * @param $field
+     * @param $value
+     * @return bool|false|string
+     */
+    protected function validateAscii($field, $value)
+    {
+        // multibyte extension needed
+        if (function_exists('mb_detect_encoding')) {
+            return mb_detect_encoding($value, 'ASCII', true);
+        }
+
+        // fallback with regex
+        return 0 === preg_match('/[^\x00-\x7F]/', $value);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Validate that a field is a valid e-mail address and the domain name is active
      *
diff --git a/tests/Valitron/ValidateTest.php b/tests/Valitron/ValidateTest.php
index 3233245..614302b 100644
--- a/tests/Valitron/ValidateTest.php
+++ b/tests/Valitron/ValidateTest.php
@@ -621,6 +621,20 @@ class ValidateTest extends BaseTestCase
         $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
     }
 
+    public function testAsciiValid()
+    {
+        $v = new Validator(array('text' => '12345 abcde'));
+        $v->rule('ascii', 'text');
+        $this->assertTrue($v->validate());
+    }
+
+    public function testAsciiInvalid()
+    {
+        $v = new Validator(array('text' => '12345 abcdé'));
+        $v->rule('ascii', 'text');
+        $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+    }
+
     public function testIpValid()
     {
         $v = new Validator(array('ip' => '127.0.0.1'));
@@ -635,6 +649,34 @@ class ValidateTest extends BaseTestCase
         $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
     }
 
+    public function testIpv4Valid()
+    {
+        $v = new Validator(array('ip' => '127.0.0.1'));
+        $v->rule('ipv4', 'ip');
+        $this->assertTrue($v->validate());
+    }
+
+    public function testIpv4Invalid()
+    {
+        $v = new Validator(array('ip' => 'FE80::0202:B3FF:FE1E:8329'));
+        $v->rule('ipv4', 'ip');
+        $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+    }
+
+    public function testIpv6Valid()
+    {
+        $v = new Validator(array('ip' => 'FE80::0202:B3FF:FE1E:8329'));
+        $v->rule('ipv6', 'ip');
+        $this->assertTrue($v->validate());
+    }
+
+    public function testIpv6Invalid()
+    {
+        $v = new Validator(array('ip' => '127.0.0.1'));
+        $v->rule('ipv6', 'ip');
+        $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+    }
+
     public function testEmailValid()
     {
         $v = new Validator(array('name' => 'Chester Tester', 'email' => 'chester@tester.com'));