diff --git a/dnsresolve.c b/dnsresolve.c
--- a/dnsresolve.c
+++ b/dnsresolve.c
@@ -11,27 +11,42 @@
 
 int main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    struct hostent *he;
+    struct addrinfo hints;
+    struct addrinfo *result, *rp;
 
-    char *ip;
-
-    int i = 0;
+    void *addr = NULL;
+    char ip[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
 
     if (argc != 2) {
         fprintf (stderr, "Usage: %s <hostname>\n", argv[0]);
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
-    he = gethostbyname (argv[1]);
-    ip = NULL;
+    memset (&hints, 0, sizeof (hints));
+    hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+
+    if (getaddrinfo (argv[1], NULL, &hints, &result) != 0) {
+        perror ("getaddrinfo");
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
 
-    if (he != NULL) {
-        while (he->h_addr_list[i] != NULL) {
-            ip = inet_ntoa (*((struct in_addr *)he->h_addr_list[i]));
-            printf ("%s: %s\n", argv[1], ip);
-            i++;
+    for (rp = result; rp != NULL; rp = rp->ai_next) {
+        if (rp->ai_family == AF_INET6) {
+            struct sockaddr_in6 *ipv6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)rp->ai_addr;
+            addr = &(ipv6->sin6_addr);
+        } else if (rp->ai_family == AF_INET) {
+            struct sockaddr_in *ipv4 = (struct sockaddr_in *)rp->ai_addr;
+            addr = &(ipv4->sin_addr);
+        }
+        if (addr != NULL) {
+            if (inet_ntop (rp->ai_family, addr, ip, sizeof (ip)) != NULL)
+                printf ("%s: %s\n", argv[1], ip);
         }
     }
 
+    if (result != NULL)
+        freeaddrinfo (result);
+
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }