--- ntp-4.0.99k/ntpdate/ntptime_config.c.usegethost	Tue Feb  6 15:11:04 2001
+++ ntp-4.0.99k/ntpdate/ntptime_config.c	Tue Feb  6 15:11:31 2001
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 
 #include "ntp_fp.h"
 #include "ntp.h"
@@ -156,10 +158,12 @@
 	int srvcnt;
 	/* u_long peerkey; */
 	int peerflags;
+	struct hostent *hp;
 	struct sockaddr_in peeraddr;
 	FILE *fp;
 	char line[MAXLINE];
 	char *(tokens[MAXTOKENS]);
+	char *host_string;
 	int ntokens;
 	int tok;
 	const char *config_file;
@@ -238,8 +242,13 @@
 					tokens[0]);
 				break;
 			}
-			
-			if (!getnetnum(tokens[1], &peeraddr, 1)) {
+
+			host_string = tokens[1];
+			if ((hp = gethostbyname(tokens[1])) != NULL) {
+			  host_string = inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr *) hp->h_addr);
+			}
+
+			if (!getnetnum(host_string, &peeraddr, 1)) {
 				/* Resolve now, or lose! */
 				break;
 			} else {