diff --git a/src/client/rpcNodes.ts b/src/client/rpcNodes.ts
index f2a8bea665..c1dbb1aaa3 100644
--- a/src/client/rpcNodes.ts
+++ b/src/client/rpcNodes.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ import * as grpc from '@grpc/grpc-js';
 import * as utilsPB from '../proto/js/polykey/v1/utils/utils_pb';
 import * as nodesPB from '../proto/js/polykey/v1/nodes/nodes_pb';
 import * as utils from '../client/utils';
-import * as nodesUtils from '../nodes/utils';
+import { utils as nodesUtils, errors as nodesErrors } from '../nodes';
 import * as grpcUtils from '../grpc/utils';
-import * as nodesErrors from '../nodes/errors';
-import { makeNodeId } from '../nodes/utils';
+import * as networkUtils from '../network/utils';
 
 const createNodesRPC = ({
   nodeManager,
@@ -44,13 +43,13 @@ const createNodesRPC = ({
         if (!validNodeId) {
           throw new nodesErrors.ErrorInvalidNodeId();
         }
-        const validHost = nodesUtils.isValidHost(
+        const validHost = networkUtils.isValidHost(
           call.request.getAddress()!.getHost(),
         );
         if (!validHost) {
           throw new nodesErrors.ErrorInvalidHost();
         }
-        await nodeManager.setNode(makeNodeId(call.request.getNodeId()), {
+        await nodeManager.setNode(nodesUtils.makeNodeId(call.request.getNodeId()), {
           ip: call.request.getAddress()!.getHost(),
           port: call.request.getAddress()!.getPort(),
         } as NodeAddress);
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ const createNodesRPC = ({
         );
         call.sendMetadata(responseMeta);
         const status = await nodeManager.pingNode(
-          makeNodeId(call.request.getNodeId()),
+          nodesUtils.makeNodeId(call.request.getNodeId()),
         );
         response.setSuccess(status);
       } catch (err) {
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ const createNodesRPC = ({
           await sessionManager.generateToken(),
         );
         call.sendMetadata(responseMeta);
-        const remoteNodeId = makeNodeId(call.request.getNodeId());
+        const remoteNodeId = nodesUtils.makeNodeId(call.request.getNodeId());
         const gestaltInvite = await notificationsManager.findGestaltInvite(
           remoteNodeId,
         );
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ const createNodesRPC = ({
           await sessionManager.generateToken(),
         );
         call.sendMetadata(responseMeta);
-        const nodeId = makeNodeId(call.request.getNodeId());
+        const nodeId = nodesUtils.makeNodeId(call.request.getNodeId());
         const address = await nodeManager.findNode(nodeId);
         response
           .setNodeId(nodeId)
diff --git a/src/network/errors.ts b/src/network/errors.ts
index 219e6c8b89..9b03420b45 100644
--- a/src/network/errors.ts
+++ b/src/network/errors.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ class ErrorCertChainKeyInvalid extends ErrorCertChain {}
  */
 class ErrorCertChainSignatureInvalid extends ErrorCertChain {}
 
+class ErrorHostnameResolutionFailed extends ErrorNetwork {}
+
 export {
   ErrorNetwork,
   ErrorForwardProxyNotStarted,
@@ -110,4 +112,5 @@ export {
   ErrorCertChainNameInvalid,
   ErrorCertChainKeyInvalid,
   ErrorCertChainSignatureInvalid,
+  ErrorHostnameResolutionFailed,
 };
diff --git a/src/network/utils.ts b/src/network/utils.ts
index f5d20c63dc..744dc3bad8 100644
--- a/src/network/utils.ts
+++ b/src/network/utils.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import type { Socket } from 'net';
 import type { TLSSocket } from 'tls';
-import type { Host, Port, Address, NetworkMessage } from './types';
+import type { Host, Hostname, Port, Address, NetworkMessage } from './types';
 import type { Certificate, PublicKey } from '../keys/types';
 import type { NodeId } from '../nodes/types';
 
 import { Buffer } from 'buffer';
 import { IPv4, IPv6, Validator } from 'ip-num';
+import dns from 'dns';
 import * as networkErrors from './errors';
-import { isEmptyObject } from '../utils';
+import { isEmptyObject, promisify } from '../utils';
 import { utils as keysUtils } from '../keys';
 
 const pingBuffer = serializeNetworkMessage({
@@ -53,6 +54,35 @@ function parseAddress(address: string): [Host, Port] {
   return [dstHost as Host, dstPort as Port];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Validates that a provided host address is a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address.
+ */
+ function isValidHost(host: string): boolean {
+  const [isIPv4] = Validator.isValidIPv4String(host);
+  const [isIPv6] = Validator.isValidIPv6String(host);
+  return isIPv4 || isIPv6;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolves a provided hostname to its respective IP address (type Host).
+ */
+async function resolveHost(host: Host | Hostname): Promise<Host> {
+  // If already IPv4/IPv6 address, return it
+  if (isValidHost(host)) {
+    return host as Host;
+  }
+  const lookup = promisify(dns.lookup).bind(dns);
+  let resolvedHost;
+  try {
+    // Resolve the hostname and get the IPv4 address
+    resolvedHost = await lookup(host, 4);
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new networkErrors.ErrorHostnameResolutionFailed(e.message);
+  }
+  // Returns an array of [ resolved address, family (4 or 6) ]
+  return resolvedHost[0] as Host;
+}
+
 /**
  * Zero IPs should be resolved to localhost when used as the target
  * This is usually done automatically, but utp-native doesn't do this
@@ -317,6 +347,8 @@ export {
   toAuthToken,
   buildAddress,
   parseAddress,
+  isValidHost,
+  resolveHost,
   resolvesZeroIP,
   serializeNetworkMessage,
   unserializeNetworkMessage,
diff --git a/src/nodes/utils.ts b/src/nodes/utils.ts
index 0fade0e4f8..9e6c9f77a6 100644
--- a/src/nodes/utils.ts
+++ b/src/nodes/utils.ts
@@ -66,15 +66,6 @@ function makeNodeId(arg: any): NodeId {
   return makeIdString<NodeId>(arg, 32, 'base32hex');
 }
 
-/**
- * Validates that a provided host address is a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address.
- */
-function isValidHost(host: string): boolean {
-  const [isIPv4] = Validator.isValidIPv4String(host);
-  const [isIPv6] = Validator.isValidIPv6String(host);
-  return isIPv4 || isIPv6;
-}
-
 /**
  * Node ID to an array of 8-bit unsigned ints
  */
@@ -103,7 +94,6 @@ export {
   calculateBucketIndex,
   isNodeId,
   makeNodeId,
-  isValidHost,
   nodeIdToU8,
   sortByDistance,
 };
diff --git a/tests/network/utils.test.ts b/tests/network/utils.test.ts
index d71e27d594..c32b6cd7ba 100644
--- a/tests/network/utils.test.ts
+++ b/tests/network/utils.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Host, Port } from '@/network/types';
 
-import * as networkUtils from '@/network/utils';
+import { utils as networkUtils, errors as networkErrors } from '@/network';
 
 describe('utils', () => {
   test('building addresses', async () => {
@@ -23,4 +23,14 @@ describe('utils', () => {
       ),
     ).toBe('::1' as Host);
   });
+  test('resolving hostnames', async () => {
+    await expect(
+      networkUtils.resolveHost('www.google.com' as Host)
+    ).resolves.toBeDefined();
+    let host = await networkUtils.resolveHost('www.google.com' as Host);
+    expect(networkUtils.isValidHost(host)).toBeTruthy();
+    await expect(
+      networkUtils.resolveHost('invalidHostname' as Host)
+    ).rejects.toThrow(networkErrors.ErrorHostnameResolutionFailed);
+  });
 });