diff --git a/pimd/pim_addr.c b/pimd/pim_addr.c
index bc9beca4ef..825f38274a 100644
--- a/pimd/pim_addr.c
+++ b/pimd/pim_addr.c
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ static ssize_t printfrr_pimaddr(struct fbuf *buf, struct printfrr_eargs *ea,
 
 #if PIM_IPV == 4
 	return bprintfrr(buf, "%pI4", addr);
+#elif !defined(PIM_V6_TEMP_BREAK)
+	CPP_NOTICE("note IPv6 typing for pim_addr is temporarily disabled.");
+	return bprintfrr(buf, "%pI4", addr);
 #else
 	return bprintfrr(buf, "%pI6", addr);
 #endif
diff --git a/pimd/pim_addr.h b/pimd/pim_addr.h
index 1e9da77779..a1a8b55a5c 100644
--- a/pimd/pim_addr.h
+++ b/pimd/pim_addr.h
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
 
 #include "jhash.h"
 
-#if PIM_IPV == 4
+/* temporarily disable IPv6 types to keep code compiling.
+ * Defining PIM_V6_TEMP_BREAK will show a lot of compile errors - they are
+ * very useful to see TODOs.
+ */
+#if PIM_IPV == 4 || !defined(PIM_V6_TEMP_BREAK)
 typedef struct in_addr pim_addr;
 #define PIM_ADDRSTRLEN INET_ADDRSTRLEN
 #else
diff --git a/pimd/subdir.am b/pimd/subdir.am
index 355389ed74..ff20164c06 100644
--- a/pimd/subdir.am
+++ b/pimd/subdir.am
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ if DEV_BUILD
 # (change noinst_ to sbin_ below to install it.)
 #
 noinst_PROGRAMS += pimd/pim6d
-pimd_pim6d_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -DPIM_IPV=6
+pimd_pim6d_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -DPIM_IPV=6 $(and $(PIM_V6_TEMP_BREAK),-DPIM_V6_TEMP_BREAK)
 pimd_pim6d_LDADD = lib/libfrr.la $(LIBCAP)
 endif
 endif