diff --git a/src/p2p_server.cpp b/src/p2p_server.cpp
index ca6e1b4..e396bbd 100644
--- a/src/p2p_server.cpp
+++ b/src/p2p_server.cpp
@@ -497,7 +497,12 @@ void P2PServer::load_peer_list()
 			hints.ai_flags = AI_ADDRCONFIG;
 
 			addrinfo* result;
-			const int err = getaddrinfo(nodes[i], nullptr, &hints, &result);
+			int err = getaddrinfo(nodes[i], nullptr, &hints, &result);
+			if (err) {
+				LOGWARN(4, "getaddrinfo failed for " << nodes[i] << ": " << gai_strerror(err) << ", retrying with IPv4 only");
+				hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
+				err = getaddrinfo(nodes[i], nullptr, &hints, &result);
+			}
 			if (err == 0) {
 				for (addrinfo* r = result; r != NULL; r = r->ai_next) {
 					const char* addr_str;
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index a8f0a00..9f697e6 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -420,7 +420,12 @@ bool resolve_host(std::string& host, bool& is_v6)
 	hints.ai_flags = AI_ADDRCONFIG;
 
 	addrinfo* r = nullptr;
-	const int err = getaddrinfo(host.c_str(), nullptr, &hints, &r);
+	int err = getaddrinfo(host.c_str(), nullptr, &hints, &r);
+	if (err) {
+		LOGWARN(4, "getaddrinfo failed for " << host << ": " << gai_strerror(err) << ", retrying with IPv4 only");
+		hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
+		err = getaddrinfo(host.c_str(), nullptr, &hints, &r);
+	}
 	if ((err == 0) && r) {
 		const char* addr_str = nullptr;
 		char addr_str_buf[64];