diff -up tcpdump-3.9.8/addrtoname.c.gethostby tcpdump-3.9.8/addrtoname.c
--- tcpdump-3.9.8/addrtoname.c.gethostby	2007-10-24 14:50:28.000000000 +0200
+++ tcpdump-3.9.8/addrtoname.c	2007-10-24 16:58:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ static u_int32_t f_localnet;
 const char *
 getname(const u_char *ap)
 {
-	register struct hostent *hp;
 	u_int32_t addr;
 	static struct hnamemem *p;		/* static for longjmp() */
 
@@ -247,6 +246,28 @@ getname(const u_char *ap)
 	 */
 	if (!nflag &&
 	    (addr & f_netmask) == f_localnet) {
+#ifdef HAVE_GETNAMEINFO
+		struct sockaddr_in sa;
+		char hbuf[NI_MAXHOST];
+
+		memset(&sa, 0, sizeof (sa));
+		sa.sin_family = AF_INET;
+		sa.sin_addr.s_addr = addr;
+		if (!getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *)&sa, sizeof (sa),
+					hbuf, sizeof (hbuf), NULL, 0, 0)) {
+			if (Nflag) {
+				char *dotp;
+
+				/* Remove domain qualifications */
+				dotp = strchr(hbuf, '.');
+				if (dotp)
+					*dotp = '\0';
+			}
+			p->name = strdup(hbuf);
+			return p->name;
+		}
+#else
+		register struct hostent *hp;
 		hp = gethostbyaddr((char *)&addr, 4, AF_INET);
 		if (hp) {
 			char *dotp;
@@ -260,6 +281,7 @@ getname(const u_char *ap)
 			}
 			return (p->name);
 		}
+#endif
 	}
 	p->name = strdup(intoa(addr));
 	return (p->name);
@@ -273,7 +295,6 @@ getname(const u_char *ap)
 const char *
 getname6(const u_char *ap)
 {
-	register struct hostent *hp;
 	struct in6_addr addr;
 	static struct h6namemem *p;		/* static for longjmp() */
 	register const char *cp;
@@ -292,6 +313,28 @@ getname6(const u_char *ap)
 	 * Do not print names if -n was given.
 	 */
 	if (!nflag) {
+#ifdef HAVE_GETNAMEINFO
+		struct sockaddr_in6 sa;
+		char hbuf[NI_MAXHOST];
+
+		memset(&sa, 0, sizeof (sa));
+		sa.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+		sa.sin6_addr = addr;
+		if (!getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *)&sa, sizeof (sa),
+					hbuf, sizeof (hbuf), NULL, 0, 0)) {
+			if (Nflag) {
+				char *dotp;
+
+				/* Remove domain qualifications */
+				dotp = strchr(hbuf, '.');
+				if (dotp)
+					*dotp = '\0';
+			}
+			p->name = strdup(hbuf);
+			return p->name;
+		}
+#else
+		register struct hostent *hp;
 		hp = gethostbyaddr((char *)&addr, sizeof(addr), AF_INET6);
 		if (hp) {
 			char *dotp;
@@ -305,6 +348,7 @@ getname6(const u_char *ap)
 			}
 			return (p->name);
 		}
+#endif
 	}
 	cp = inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &addr, ntop_buf, sizeof(ntop_buf));
 	p->name = strdup(cp);