diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/tickettestcase.py b/fail2ban/tests/tickettestcase.py
index 6b250548..c13e9e69 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/tickettestcase.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/tickettestcase.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from ..server.mytime import MyTime
 import unittest
 
 from ..server.ticket import Ticket, FailTicket, BanTicket
+from ..server.ipdns import IPAddr
 
 
 class TicketTests(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ class TicketTests(unittest.TestCase):
     # Ticket
     t = Ticket('193.168.0.128', tm, matches)
     self.assertEqual(t.getID(), '193.168.0.128')
+    self.assertIsInstance(t.getIP(), IPAddr)
     self.assertEqual(t.getIP(), '193.168.0.128')
     self.assertEqual(t.getTime(), tm)
     self.assertEqual(t.getMatches(), matches2)
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ class TicketTests(unittest.TestCase):
     ft = FailTicket('193.168.0.128', tm, matches)
     ft.setBanTime(60*60)
     self.assertEqual(ft.getID(), '193.168.0.128')
+    self.assertIsInstance(t.getIP(), IPAddr)
     self.assertEqual(ft.getIP(), '193.168.0.128')
     self.assertEqual(ft.getTime(), tm)
     self.assertEqual(ft.getMatches(), matches2)
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ class TicketTests(unittest.TestCase):
     # copy all from another ticket:
     ft2 = FailTicket(ticket=ft)
     self.assertEqual(ft, ft2)
+    self.assertEqual(ft.getIP(), ft2.getIP())
     self.assertEqual(ft.getData(), ft2.getData())
     self.assertEqual(ft2.getAttempt(), 4)
     self.assertEqual(ft2.getRetry(), 7)
@@ -123,10 +127,12 @@ class TicketTests(unittest.TestCase):
     # different ID (string) and IP:
     t = Ticket('123-456-678', tm, data={'ip':'192.0.2.1'})
     self.assertEqual(t.getID(), '123-456-678')
+    self.assertIsInstance(t.getIP(), IPAddr)
     self.assertEqual(t.getIP(), '192.0.2.1')
     # different ID (tuple) and IP:
     t = Ticket(('192.0.2.1', '5000'), tm, data={'ip':'192.0.2.1'})
     self.assertEqual(t.getID(), ('192.0.2.1', '5000'))
+    self.assertIsInstance(t.getIP(), IPAddr)
     self.assertEqual(t.getIP(), '192.0.2.1')
 
   def testTicketFlags(self):