diff --git a/libexec/ftpd/extern.h b/libexec/ftpd/extern.h
index 9e0562ef2936..3a881db4c3f5 100644
--- a/libexec/ftpd/extern.h
+++ b/libexec/ftpd/extern.h
@@ -34,13 +34,16 @@
  * $FreeBSD$
  */
 
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
 void	blkfree __P((char **));
 char  **copyblk __P((char **));
 void	cwd __P((char *));
 void	delete __P((char *));
 void	dologout __P((int));
 void	fatalerror __P((char *));
-void    ftpd_logwtmp __P((char *, char *, char *));
+void    ftpd_logwtmp __P((char *, char *, struct sockaddr *addr));
 int	ftpd_pclose __P((FILE *));
 FILE   *ftpd_popen __P((char *, char *));
 char   *getline __P((char *, int, FILE *));
diff --git a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c
index 287436a025d2..90cd0307aa60 100644
--- a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c
+++ b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ end_login()
 
 	(void) seteuid((uid_t)0);
 	if (logged_in)
-		ftpd_logwtmp(ttyline, "", "");
+		ftpd_logwtmp(ttyline, "", NULL);
 	pw = NULL;
 #ifdef	LOGIN_CAP
 	setusercontext(NULL, getpwuid(0), (uid_t)0,
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ pass(passwd)
 #endif
 
 	/* open wtmp before chroot */
-	ftpd_logwtmp(ttyline, pw->pw_name, remotehost);
+	ftpd_logwtmp(ttyline, pw->pw_name, (struct sockaddr *)&his_addr);
 	logged_in = 1;
 
 	if (guest && stats && statfd < 0)
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@ dologout(status)
 
 	if (logged_in) {
 		(void) seteuid((uid_t)0);
-		ftpd_logwtmp(ttyline, "", "");
+		ftpd_logwtmp(ttyline, "", NULL);
 	}
 	/* beware of flushing buffers after a SIGPIPE */
 	_exit(status);
diff --git a/libexec/ftpd/logwtmp.c b/libexec/ftpd/logwtmp.c
index 2ac57d13d270..185d92d02b72 100644
--- a/libexec/ftpd/logwtmp.c
+++ b/libexec/ftpd/logwtmp.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static const char rcsid[] =
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <libutil.h>
 #include "extern.h"
 
 static int fd = -1;
@@ -62,31 +63,18 @@ static int fd = -1;
  * after login, but before logout).
  */
 void
-ftpd_logwtmp(line, name, host)
-	char *line, *name, *host;
+ftpd_logwtmp(line, name, addr)
+	char *line, *name;
+	struct sockaddr *addr;
 {
 	struct utmp ut;
 	struct stat buf;
+	char host[UT_HOSTSIZE];
 
-	if (strlen(host) > UT_HOSTSIZE) {
-		struct addrinfo hints, *res;
-		int error;
-		static char hostbuf[BUFSIZ];
-
-		memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
-		hints.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
-		error = getaddrinfo(host, NULL, &hints, &res);
-		if (error)
-			host = "invalid hostname";
-		else {
-			getnameinfo(res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen,
-				hostbuf, sizeof(hostbuf), NULL, 0,
-				NI_NUMERICHOST);
-			host = hostbuf;
-			if (strlen(host) > UT_HOSTSIZE)
-				host[UT_HOSTSIZE] = '\0';
-		}
-	}
+	if (addr == NULL)
+		host[0] = '\0';
+	else
+		realhostname_sa(host, sizeof(host), addr, addr->sa_len);
 
 	if (fd < 0 && (fd = open(_PATH_WTMP, O_WRONLY|O_APPEND, 0)) < 0)
 		return;