diff -rup iputils-s20121221/ping.c iputils-s20121221-new/ping.c
--- iputils-s20121221/ping.c	2012-12-21 15:01:07.000000000 +0100
+++ iputils-s20121221-new/ping.c	2015-04-29 13:40:42.978415476 +0200
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 #else
 			idn = target;
 #endif
-			hp = gethostbyname(idn);
+			hp = gethostbyname2(idn, AF_INET);
 			if (!hp) {
 				fprintf(stderr, "ping: unknown host %s\n", target);
 				exit(2);
diff -rup iputils-s20121221/tracepath.c iputils-s20121221-new/tracepath.c
--- iputils-s20121221/tracepath.c	2012-12-21 15:01:07.000000000 +0100
+++ iputils-s20121221-new/tracepath.c	2015-04-29 13:41:09.506353342 +0200
@@ -370,9 +370,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	he = gethostbyname(p);
+	he = gethostbyname2(p, AF_INET);
 	if (he == NULL) {
-		herror("gethostbyname");
+		herror("gethostbyname2");
 		exit(1);
 	}