diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/ipinfo_io.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/ipinfo_io.rb
index 2c126b11fe86de0b1f05b35c1566f7809f828204..b7966d46c5c7899ffd8a2dd4c128f312185adbb1 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/ipinfo_io.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/ipinfo_io.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,14 @@ module Geocoder::Lookup
     end
 
     def reserved_result(ip)
-      {"message" => "Input string is not a valid IP address", "code" => 401}
+      {
+        "ip"           => ip,
+        "city"         => "",
+        "region"       => "",
+        "country"      => "",
+        "loc"          => "0,0",
+        "postal"       => ""
+      }
     end
 
     def query_url_params(query)
diff --git a/test/unit/lookups/ipinfo_io_test.rb b/test/unit/lookups/ipinfo_io_test.rb
index 379f383814a7659b261b76facc4264219d1d8acd..60b3ca311f3a3dd981cd126ed9e2c0e5bfa2e576 100644
--- a/test/unit/lookups/ipinfo_io_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/lookups/ipinfo_io_test.rb
@@ -14,4 +14,12 @@ class IpinfoIoTest < GeocoderTestCase
     query = Geocoder::Query.new("8.8.8.8")
     assert_match(/^https:/, query.url)
   end
+
+  def test_ipinfo_io_lookup_loopback_address
+    Geocoder.configure(:ip_lookup => :ipinfo_io, :use_https => true)
+    result = Geocoder.search("127.0.0.1").first
+    assert_equal 0.0, result.longitude
+    assert_equal 0.0, result.latitude
+    assert_equal "127.0.0.1", result.ip
+  end
 end