diff --git a/lib/excon/socket.rb b/lib/excon/socket.rb
index e5b53695..a6d99a99 100644
--- a/lib/excon/socket.rb
+++ b/lib/excon/socket.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
+require 'resolv'
+
 module Excon
   class Socket
     include Utils
@@ -95,20 +97,17 @@ def local_port
     def connect
       @socket = nil
       exception = nil
+      hostname = @data[:hostname]
+      port = @port
+      family = @data[:family]
 
       if @data[:proxy]
-        family = @data[:proxy][:family] || ::Socket::Constants::AF_UNSPEC
-        args = [@data[:proxy][:hostname], @data[:proxy][:port], family, ::Socket::Constants::SOCK_STREAM]
-      else
-        family = @data[:family] || ::Socket::Constants::AF_UNSPEC
-        args = [@data[:hostname], @port, family, ::Socket::Constants::SOCK_STREAM]
-      end
-      if RUBY_VERSION >= '1.9.2' && defined?(RUBY_ENGINE) && RUBY_ENGINE == 'ruby'
-        args << nil << nil << false # no reverse lookup
+        hostname = @data[:proxy][:hostname]
+        port = @data[:proxy][:port]
+        family = @data[:proxy][:family]
       end
-      addrinfo = ::Socket.getaddrinfo(*args)
 
-      addrinfo.each do |_, port, _, ip, a_family, s_type|
+      Resolv.each_address(hostname) do |ip|
         # already succeeded on previous addrinfo
         if @socket
           break
@@ -120,8 +119,8 @@ def connect
         # nonblocking connect
         begin
           sockaddr = ::Socket.sockaddr_in(port, ip)
-
-          socket = ::Socket.new(a_family, s_type, 0)
+          addrinfo = Addrinfo.getaddrinfo(ip, port, family, :STREAM).first
+          socket = ::Socket.new(addrinfo.pfamily, addrinfo.socktype, addrinfo.protocol)
 
           if @data[:reuseaddr]
             socket.setsockopt(::Socket::Constants::SOL_SOCKET, ::Socket::Constants::SO_REUSEADDR, true)
@@ -151,6 +150,8 @@ def connect
         end
       end
 
+      exception ||= Resolv::ResolvError.new("no address for #{hostname}")
+
       # this will be our last encountered exception
       fail exception unless @socket