diff --git a/usr.bin/netstat/inet.c b/usr.bin/netstat/inet.c
--- a/usr.bin/netstat/inet.c
+++ b/usr.bin/netstat/inet.c
@@ -1507,15 +1507,19 @@
 char *
 inetname(struct in_addr *inp)
 {
-	char *cp;
+	struct sockaddr_in sin = {
+        .sin_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in),
+        .sin_family = AF_INET,
+        .sin_addr = *inp,
+	};
+	char *cp, host[NI_MAXHOST];
 	static char line[MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
-	struct hostent *hp;
 
 	cp = 0;
 	if (!numeric_addr && inp->s_addr != INADDR_ANY) {
-		hp = gethostbyaddr((char *)inp, sizeof (*inp), AF_INET);
-		if (hp) {
-			cp = hp->h_name;
+		if (getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *)&sin, sin.sin_len,
+			host, sizeof(host), NULL, 0, NI_NAMEREQD) == 0) {
+			cp = host;
 			trimdomain(cp, strlen(cp));
 		}
 	}