diff --git a/src/network/address.rs b/src/network/address.rs
index c4d58b3c..4375bd7e 100644
--- a/src/network/address.rs
+++ b/src/network/address.rs
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@
 //! network addresses in Bitcoin messages.
 //!
 
-use std::io;
-use std::fmt;
-use std::net::{SocketAddr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddrV4, SocketAddrV6, Ipv4Addr};
+use std::{fmt, io, iter};
+use std::net::{SocketAddr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddrV4, SocketAddrV6, Ipv4Addr, ToSocketAddrs};
 
 use network::constants::ServiceFlags;
 use consensus::encode::{self, Decodable, Encodable, VarInt, ReadExt, WriteExt};
@@ -110,6 +109,13 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Address {
     }
 }
 
+impl ToSocketAddrs for Address {
+    type Iter = iter::Once<SocketAddr>;
+    fn to_socket_addrs(&self) -> Result<Self::Iter, io::Error> {
+        Ok(iter::once(self.socket_addr()?))
+    }
+}
+
 /// Supported networks for use in BIP155 addrv2 message
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Debug)]
 pub enum AddrV2 {
@@ -276,6 +282,13 @@ impl Decodable for AddrV2Message {
     }
 }
 
+impl ToSocketAddrs for AddrV2Message {
+    type Iter = iter::Once<SocketAddr>;
+    fn to_socket_addrs(&self) -> Result<Self::Iter, io::Error> {
+        Ok(iter::once(self.socket_addr()?))
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use std::str::FromStr;