diff --git a/usr.bin/netstat/inet6.c b/usr.bin/netstat/inet6.c
index a3bbc311c96..78383ac6a61 100644
--- a/usr.bin/netstat/inet6.c
+++ b/usr.bin/netstat/inet6.c
@@ -1120,12 +1120,17 @@ inet6print(struct in6_addr *in6, int port, const char *proto, int numeric)
 char *
 inet6name(struct in6_addr *in6p)
 {
-	char *cp;
+	struct sockaddr_in6 sin6;
+	char hbuf[NI_MAXHOST], *cp;
 	static char line[50];
-	struct hostent *hp;
 	static char domain[MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
 	static int first = 1;
+	int flags, error;
 
+	if (IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED(in6p)) {
+		strcpy(line, "*");
+		return (line);
+	}
 	if (first && !numeric_addr) {
 		first = 0;
 		if (gethostname(domain, MAXHOSTNAMELEN) == 0 &&
@@ -1134,24 +1139,26 @@ inet6name(struct in6_addr *in6p)
 		else
 			domain[0] = 0;
 	}
-	cp = 0;
-	if (!numeric_addr && !IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED(in6p)) {
-		hp = gethostbyaddr((char *)in6p, sizeof(*in6p), AF_INET6);
-		if (hp) {
-			if ((cp = strchr(hp->h_name, '.')) &&
-			    !strcmp(cp + 1, domain))
-				*cp = 0;
-			cp = hp->h_name;
-		}
-	}
-	if (IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED(in6p))
-		strcpy(line, "*");
-	else if (cp)
-		strcpy(line, cp);
-	else
+	memset(&sin6, 0, sizeof(sin6));
+	memcpy(&sin6.sin6_addr, in6p, sizeof(*in6p));
+	sin6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+	/* XXX: in6p.s6_addr[2] can contain scopeid. */ 
+	in6_fillscopeid(&sin6);
+	flags = (numeric_addr) ? NI_NUMERICHOST : 0;
+	error = getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *)&sin6, sizeof(sin6), hbuf,
+	    sizeof(hbuf), NULL, 0, flags);
+	if (error == 0) {
+		if ((flags & NI_NUMERICHOST) == 0 &&
+		    (cp = strchr(hbuf, '.')) &&
+		    !strcmp(cp + 1, domain))
+			*cp = 0;
+		strcpy(line, hbuf);
+	} else {
+		/* XXX: this should not happen. */
 		sprintf(line, "%s",
-			inet_ntop(AF_INET6, (void *)in6p, ntop_buf,
+			inet_ntop(AF_INET6, (void *)&sin6.sin6_addr, ntop_buf,
 				sizeof(ntop_buf)));
+	}
 	return (line);
 }
 #endif /*INET6*/