diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index e9fa9d3..a63ce6a 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::io;
-use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
+#[cfg(feature = "tokio-rustls")]
+use tokio::net::lookup_host;
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
 #[cfg(feature = "tokio-rustls")]
 use tokio_rustls::client::TlsStream;
@@ -42,10 +43,8 @@ use crate::xml;
 /// # #[tokio::main]
 /// # async fn main() {
 /// // Create an instance of EppClient
-/// let host = "example.com";
-/// let addr = (host, 7000).to_socket_addrs().unwrap().next().unwrap();
 /// let timeout = Duration::from_secs(5);
-/// let mut client = match EppClient::connect("registry_name".to_string(), addr, host, None, timeout).await {
+/// let mut client = match EppClient::connect("registry_name".to_string(), ("example.com".to_owned(), 7000), None, timeout).await {
 ///     Ok(client) => client,
 ///     Err(e) => panic!("Failed to create EppClient: {}",  e)
 /// };
@@ -77,22 +76,20 @@ pub struct EppClient<C: Connector> {
 impl EppClient<RustlsConnector> {
     /// Connect to the specified `addr` and `hostname` over TLS
     ///
-    /// The `registry` is used as a name in internal logging; `addr` provides the address to
-    /// connect to, `hostname` is sent as the TLS server name indication and `identity` provides
-    /// optional TLS client authentication (using) rustls as the TLS implementation.
-    /// The `timeout` limits the time spent on any underlying network operations.
+    /// The `registry` is used as a name in internal logging; `host` provides the host name
+    /// and port to connect to), `hostname` is sent as the TLS server name indication and
+    /// `identity` provides optional TLS client authentication (using) rustls as the TLS
+    /// implementation. The `timeout` limits the time spent on any underlying network operations.
     ///
     /// Alternatively, use `EppClient::new()` with any established `AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin`
     /// implementation.
     pub async fn connect(
         registry: String,
-        addr: SocketAddr,
-        hostname: &str,
+        server: (String, u16),
         identity: Option<(Vec<Certificate>, PrivateKey)>,
         timeout: Duration,
     ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        info!("Connecting to server: {:?}", addr);
-        let connector = RustlsConnector::new(addr, hostname, identity)?;
+        let connector = RustlsConnector::new(server, identity).await?;
         Self::new(connector, registry, timeout).await
     }
 }
@@ -213,13 +210,12 @@ impl<'c, 'e, C, E> Copy for RequestData<'c, 'e, C, E> {}
 pub struct RustlsConnector {
     inner: TlsConnector,
     domain: ServerName,
-    addr: SocketAddr,
+    server: (String, u16),
 }
 
 impl RustlsConnector {
-    pub fn new(
-        addr: SocketAddr,
-        hostname: &str,
+    pub async fn new(
+        server: (String, u16),
         identity: Option<(Vec<Certificate>, PrivateKey)>,
     ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let mut roots = RootCertStore::empty();
@@ -248,17 +244,17 @@ impl RustlsConnector {
             None => builder.with_no_client_auth(),
         };
 
-        let domain = hostname.try_into().map_err(|_| {
+        let domain = server.0.as_str().try_into().map_err(|_| {
             io::Error::new(
                 io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                format!("Invalid domain: {}", hostname),
+                format!("Invalid domain: {}", server.0),
             )
         })?;
 
         Ok(Self {
             inner: TlsConnector::from(Arc::new(config)),
             domain,
-            addr,
+            server,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -269,7 +265,18 @@ impl Connector for RustlsConnector {
     type Connection = TlsStream<TcpStream>;
 
     async fn connect(&self, timeout: Duration) -> Result<Self::Connection, Error> {
-        let stream = TcpStream::connect(&self.addr).await?;
+        info!("Connecting to server: {}:{}", self.server.0, self.server.1);
+        let addr = match lookup_host(&self.server).await?.next() {
+            Some(addr) => addr,
+            None => {
+                return Err(Error::Io(io::Error::new(
+                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                    format!("Invalid host: {}", &self.server.0),
+                )))
+            }
+        };
+
+        let stream = TcpStream::connect(addr).await?;
         let future = self.inner.connect(self.domain.clone(), stream);
         connection::timeout(timeout, future).await
     }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f49d3a9..88304a3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -66,10 +66,8 @@
 //! #[tokio::main]
 //! async fn main() {
 //!     // Create an instance of EppClient
-//!     let host = "example.com";
-//!     let addr = (host, 700).to_socket_addrs().unwrap().next().unwrap();
 //!     let timeout = Duration::from_secs(5);
-//!     let mut client = match EppClient::connect("registry_name".to_string(), addr, host, None, timeout).await {
+//!     let mut client = match EppClient::connect("registry_name".to_string(), ("example.com".to_owned(), 7000), None, timeout).await {
 //!         Ok(client) => client,
 //!         Err(e) => panic!("Failed to create EppClient: {}",  e)
 //!     };