Merge branch 'pull-52'

Fix #52.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/statsd/client.py b/statsd/client.py
index ecad262..8bca7f2 100644
--- a/statsd/client.py
+++ b/statsd/client.py
@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ class StatsClient(object):
     def __init__(self, host='localhost', port=8125, prefix=None,
                  maxudpsize=512):
         """Create a new client."""
-        self._addr = (socket.gethostbyname(host), port)
-        self._sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        family, _, _, _, addr = socket.getaddrinfo(
+            host, port, 0, socket.SOCK_DGRAM
+        )[0]
+        self._addr = addr
+        self._sock = socket.socket(family, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
         self._prefix = prefix
         self._maxudpsize = maxudpsize
 
diff --git a/statsd/tests.py b/statsd/tests.py
index 751815c..41f487c 100644
--- a/statsd/tests.py
+++ b/statsd/tests.py
@@ -497,3 +497,7 @@ def test_socket_error():
     sc._sock.sendto.side_effect = socket.timeout()
     sc.incr('foo')
     _sock_check(sc, 1, 'foo:1|c')
+
+
+def test_ipv6_host():
+    StatsClient('::1')