diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1c5c87bc13..b9ce5d59c8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ rtl8139 = ["tcp", "pci"]
 smp = []
 tcp = ["smoltcp", "smoltcp/socket-tcp"]
 udp = ["smoltcp", "smoltcp/socket-udp"]
+dns = ["smoltcp", "smoltcp/socket-dns"]
 trace = []
 vga = []
 common-os = []
diff --git a/src/executor/device.rs b/src/executor/device.rs
index 7e689e67e5..42390014c9 100644
--- a/src/executor/device.rs
+++ b/src/executor/device.rs
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ use smoltcp::iface::{Config, Interface, SocketSet};
 use smoltcp::phy::{self, ChecksumCapabilities, Device, DeviceCapabilities, Medium};
 #[cfg(feature = "dhcpv4")]
 use smoltcp::socket::dhcpv4;
+#[cfg(all(feature = "dns", not(feature = "dhcpv4")))]
+use smoltcp::socket::dns;
 use smoltcp::time::Instant;
+#[cfg(any(feature = "dns", not(feature = "dhcpv4")))]
+use smoltcp::wire::Ipv4Address;
 use smoltcp::wire::{EthernetAddress, HardwareAddress};
 #[cfg(not(feature = "dhcpv4"))]
-use smoltcp::wire::{IpAddress, IpCidr, Ipv4Address};
+use smoltcp::wire::{IpAddress, IpCidr};
 
 use super::network::{NetworkInterface, NetworkState};
 use crate::arch;
@@ -74,6 +78,8 @@ impl<'a> NetworkInterface<'a> {
 			sockets,
 			device,
 			dhcp_handle,
+			#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+			dns_handle: None,
 		}))
 	}
 
@@ -150,10 +156,26 @@ impl<'a> NetworkInterface<'a> {
 		});
 		iface.routes_mut().add_default_ipv4_route(mygw).unwrap();
 
+		#[allow(unused_mut)]
+		let mut sockets = SocketSet::new(vec![]);
+
+		#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+		let dns_handle = {
+			// use Google's DNS servers
+			let servers = &[
+				Ipv4Address::new(8, 8, 4, 4).into(),
+				Ipv4Address::new(8, 8, 8, 8).into(),
+			];
+			let dns_socket = dns::Socket::new(servers, vec![]);
+			sockets.add(dns_socket)
+		};
+
 		NetworkState::Initialized(Box::new(Self {
 			iface,
-			sockets: SocketSet::new(vec![]),
+			sockets,
 			device,
+			#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+			dns_handle: Some(dns_handle),
 		}))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/executor/network.rs b/src/executor/network.rs
index ed8fa1fa19..1f7952b8e2 100644
--- a/src/executor/network.rs
+++ b/src/executor/network.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 use alloc::boxed::Box;
+#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use core::future;
 use core::ops::DerefMut;
 use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicU16, Ordering};
@@ -8,18 +10,24 @@ use hermit_sync::InterruptTicketMutex;
 use smoltcp::iface::{SocketHandle, SocketSet};
 #[cfg(feature = "dhcpv4")]
 use smoltcp::socket::dhcpv4;
+#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+use smoltcp::socket::dns::{self, GetQueryResultError, QueryHandle};
 #[cfg(feature = "tcp")]
 use smoltcp::socket::tcp;
 #[cfg(feature = "udp")]
 use smoltcp::socket::udp;
 use smoltcp::socket::AnySocket;
 use smoltcp::time::{Duration, Instant};
+#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+use smoltcp::wire::{DnsQueryType, IpAddress};
 #[cfg(feature = "dhcpv4")]
 use smoltcp::wire::{IpCidr, Ipv4Address, Ipv4Cidr};
 
 use crate::arch;
 use crate::executor::device::HermitNet;
 use crate::executor::spawn;
+#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+use crate::fd::IoError;
 use crate::scheduler::PerCoreSchedulerExt;
 
 pub(crate) enum NetworkState<'a> {
@@ -49,6 +57,8 @@ pub(crate) struct NetworkInterface<'a> {
 	pub(super) device: HermitNet,
 	#[cfg(feature = "dhcpv4")]
 	pub(super) dhcp_handle: SocketHandle,
+	#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+	pub(super) dns_handle: Option<SocketHandle>,
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
@@ -104,6 +114,34 @@ async fn network_run() {
 	.await
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+pub(crate) async fn get_query_result(query: QueryHandle) -> Result<Vec<IpAddress>, IoError> {
+	future::poll_fn(|cx| {
+		let mut guard = NIC.lock();
+		let nic = guard.as_nic_mut().unwrap();
+		let socket = nic.get_mut_dns_socket()?;
+		match socket.get_query_result(query) {
+			Ok(addrs) => {
+				let mut ips = Vec::new();
+				for x in &addrs {
+					ips.push(*x);
+				}
+
+				Poll::Ready(Ok(ips))
+			}
+			Err(GetQueryResultError::Pending) => {
+				socket.register_query_waker(query, cx.waker());
+				Poll::Pending
+			}
+			Err(e) => {
+				warn!("DNS query failed: {e:?}");
+				Poll::Ready(Err(IoError::ENOENT))
+			}
+		}
+	})
+	.await
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn init() {
 	info!("Try to initialize network!");
 
@@ -183,8 +221,18 @@ impl<'a> NetworkInterface<'a> {
 					self.iface.routes_mut().remove_default_ipv4_route();
 				}
 
+				#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+				let mut dns_servers: Vec<IpAddress> = Vec::new();
 				for (i, s) in config.dns_servers.iter().enumerate() {
 					info!("DNS server {}:    {}", i, s);
+					#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+					dns_servers.push(IpAddress::Ipv4(*s));
+				}
+
+				#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+				if dns_servers.len() > 0 {
+					let dns_socket = dns::Socket::new(dns_servers.as_slice(), vec![]);
+					self.dns_handle = Some(self.sockets.add(dns_socket));
 				}
 			}
 			Some(dhcpv4::Event::Deconfigured) => {
@@ -196,6 +244,15 @@ impl<'a> NetworkInterface<'a> {
 					}
 				});
 				self.iface.routes_mut().remove_default_ipv4_route();
+
+				#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+				{
+					if let Some(dns_handle) = self.dns_handle {
+						self.sockets.remove(dns_handle);
+					}
+
+					self.dns_handle = None;
+				}
 			}
 		};
 	}
@@ -224,6 +281,32 @@ impl<'a> NetworkInterface<'a> {
 		// This deallocates the socket's buffers
 		self.sockets.remove(handle);
 	}
+
+	#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+	pub(crate) fn start_query(
+		&mut self,
+		name: &str,
+		query_type: DnsQueryType,
+	) -> Result<QueryHandle, IoError> {
+		let dns_handle = self.dns_handle.ok_or(IoError::EINVAL)?;
+		let socket: &mut dns::Socket<'a> = self.sockets.get_mut(dns_handle);
+		socket
+			.start_query(self.iface.context(), name, query_type)
+			.map_err(|_| IoError::EIO)
+	}
+
+	#[allow(dead_code)]
+	#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+	pub(crate) fn get_dns_socket(&self) -> Result<&dns::Socket<'a>, IoError> {
+		let dns_handle = self.dns_handle.ok_or(IoError::EINVAL)?;
+		Ok(self.sockets.get(dns_handle))
+	}
+
+	#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+	pub(crate) fn get_mut_dns_socket(&mut self) -> Result<&mut dns::Socket<'a>, IoError> {
+		let dns_handle = self.dns_handle.ok_or(IoError::EINVAL)?;
+		Ok(self.sockets.get_mut(dns_handle))
+	}
 }
 
 #[inline]
diff --git a/src/syscalls/socket.rs b/src/syscalls/socket.rs
index 5975a4ab70..5d937d601b 100644
--- a/src/syscalls/socket.rs
+++ b/src/syscalls/socket.rs
@@ -257,6 +257,98 @@ pub struct linger {
 	pub l_linger: i32,
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "dns"))]
+#[hermit_macro::system]
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn sys_getaddrbyname(
+	_name: *const c_char,
+	_inaddr: *mut u8,
+	_len: usize,
+) -> i32 {
+	error!("Please enable the feature 'dns' to determine the network ip by name.");
+	-ENOSYS
+}
+
+/// The system call `sys_getaddrbyname` determine the network host entry.
+/// It expects an array of u8 with a size of in_addr or of in6_addr.
+/// The result of the DNS request will be stored in this array.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```
+/// use hermit_abi::in_addr;
+/// let c_string = std::ffi::CString::new("rust-lang.org").expect("CString::new failed");
+/// let name = c_string.into_raw();
+/// let mut inaddr: in_addr = Default::default();
+/// let _ = unsafe {
+///         hermit_abi::getaddrbyname(
+///                 name,
+///                 &mut inaddr as *mut _ as *mut u8,
+///                 std::mem::size_of::<in_addr>(),
+///         )
+/// };
+///
+/// // retake pointer to free memory
+/// let _ = CString::from_raw(name);
+/// ```
+#[cfg(feature = "dns")]
+#[hermit_macro::system]
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn sys_getaddrbyname(
+	name: *const c_char,
+	inaddr: *mut u8,
+	len: usize,
+) -> i32 {
+	use alloc::borrow::ToOwned;
+
+	use smoltcp::wire::DnsQueryType;
+
+	use crate::executor::block_on;
+	use crate::executor::network::get_query_result;
+
+	if len != size_of::<in_addr>().try_into().unwrap()
+		&& len != size_of::<in6_addr>().try_into().unwrap()
+	{
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if inaddr.is_null() {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	let query_type = if len == size_of::<in6_addr>().try_into().unwrap() {
+		DnsQueryType::Aaaa
+	} else {
+		DnsQueryType::A
+	};
+
+	let name = unsafe { core::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(name) };
+	let name = if let Ok(name) = name.to_str() {
+		name.to_owned()
+	} else {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	};
+
+	let query = {
+		let mut guard = NIC.lock();
+		let nic = guard.as_nic_mut().unwrap();
+		let query = nic.start_query(&name, query_type).unwrap();
+		nic.poll_common(crate::executor::network::now());
+
+		query
+	};
+
+	match block_on(get_query_result(query), None) {
+		Ok(addr_vec) => {
+			let slice = unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(inaddr, len) };
+			slice.copy_from_slice(addr_vec[0].as_bytes());
+
+			0
+		}
+		Err(e) => -num::ToPrimitive::to_i32(&e).unwrap(),
+	}
+}
+
 #[hermit_macro::system]
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn sys_socket(domain: i32, type_: SockType, protocol: i32) -> i32 {