diff --git a/include/AresHandler.h b/include/AresHandler.h
index dc81504dbb..796c3912d1 100644
--- a/include/AresHandler.h
+++ b/include/AresHandler.h
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ class AresHandler
         return status;
     };
 private:
+#if ARES_VERSION_MAJOR > 1 || ARES_VERSION_MINOR >= 16
+    static void staticCallback1(void *arg, int status,
+                                int timeout, struct ares_addrinfo *result);
+#endif
+
 #if ARES_VERSION_MAJOR >= 1 && ARES_VERSION_MINOR >= 5
     static void   staticCallback(void *arg, int statusCallback, int timeouts,
                                  struct hostent *hostent);
@@ -62,6 +67,9 @@ class AresHandler
                                  struct hostent *hostent);
 #endif
     void      callback(int status, struct hostent *hostent);
+#if ARES_VERSION_MAJOR > 1 || ARES_VERSION_MINOR >= 16
+    void      callback1(int status, struct ares_addrinfo *result);
+#endif
     int       index;
 
     std::string   hostName;
diff --git a/src/net/AresHandler.cxx b/src/net/AresHandler.cxx
index d5d4f28987..46fd7fc583 100644
--- a/src/net/AresHandler.cxx
+++ b/src/net/AresHandler.cxx
@@ -120,10 +120,31 @@ void AresHandler::queryHost(const char *name)
 
     // launch the asynchronous query to look up this hostname
     status = HbNPending;
+
+#if ARES_VERSION_MAJOR > 1 || ARES_VERSION_MINOR >= 16
+    struct ares_addrinfo_hints hints;
+    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
+    hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
+
+    ares_getaddrinfo(aresChannel, name, NULL, &hints, staticCallback1,
+                     (void *)this);
+#else
     ares_gethostbyname(aresChannel, name, AF_INET, staticCallback,
                        (void *)this);
+#endif
 }
 
+#if ARES_VERSION_MAJOR > 1 || ARES_VERSION_MINOR >= 16
+void AresHandler::staticCallback1(void *arg, int status,
+                                  int, struct ares_addrinfo *result)
+{
+    if (status == ARES_EDESTRUCTION)
+        return;
+
+    ((AresHandler *)arg)->callback1(status, result);
+}
+#endif
+
 #if ARES_VERSION_MAJOR > 1 || ARES_VERSION_MINOR >= 5
 void AresHandler::staticCallback(void *arg, int callbackStatus,
                                  int, struct hostent *hostent)
@@ -161,6 +182,27 @@ void AresHandler::callback(int callbackStatus, struct hostent *hostent)
     }
 }
 
+#if ARES_VERSION_MAJOR > 1 || ARES_VERSION_MINOR >= 16
+void AresHandler::callback1(int callbackStatus, struct ares_addrinfo *result)
+{
+    const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(callback_mutex);
+
+    if (callbackStatus != ARES_SUCCESS)
+    {
+        logDebugMessage(1,"Player [%d] failed to resolve: error %d\n", index,
+                        callbackStatus);
+        status = Failed;
+    }
+    else if (status == HbNPending)
+    {
+        memcpy(&hostAddress,
+               &((sockaddr_in *)result->nodes->ai_addr)->sin_addr,
+               sizeof(hostAddress));
+        status = HbNSucceeded;
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 const char *AresHandler::getHostname()
 {
     if (!callback_mutex.try_lock())