diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4dccc661fa..88e5605ad4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -514,4 +514,4 @@
 - [Marco Weber](https://github.com/mrcwbr)
 - [Luca Pizzini](https://github.com/lpizzinidev)
 - [Willian Agostini](https://github.com/WillianAgostini)
-- [Huyen Nguyen](https://github.com/huyenltnguyen)
\ No newline at end of file
+- [Huyen Nguyen](https://github.com/huyenltnguyen)
diff --git a/index.d.cts b/index.d.cts
index 6d564e2636..138c09ee2b 100644
--- a/index.d.cts
+++ b/index.d.cts
@@ -403,6 +403,9 @@ declare namespace axios {
       FormData?: new (...args: any[]) => object;
     };
     formSerializer?: FormSerializerOptions;
+    family?: 4 | 6 | undefined;
+    lookup?: ((hostname: string, options: object, cb: (err: Error | null, address: string, family: number) => void) => void) |
+        ((hostname: string, options: object) => Promise<[address: string, family: number] | string>);
   }
 
   // Alias
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 220dcb3d7b..7be345c21e 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ export interface AxiosRequestConfig<D = any> {
   maxBodyLength?: number;
   maxRedirects?: number;
   maxRate?: number | [MaxUploadRate, MaxDownloadRate];
-  beforeRedirect?: (options: Record<string, any>, responseDetails: {headers: Record<string, string>}) => void;
+  beforeRedirect?: (options: Record<string, any>, responseDetails: { headers: Record<string, string> }) => void;
   socketPath?: string | null;
   transport?: any;
   httpAgent?: any;
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ export interface AxiosRequestConfig<D = any> {
     FormData?: new (...args: any[]) => object;
   };
   formSerializer?: FormSerializerOptions;
+  family?: 4 | 6 | undefined;
+  lookup?: ((hostname: string, options: object, cb: (err: Error | null, address: string, family: number) => void) => void) |
+      ((hostname: string, options: object) => Promise<[address: string, family: number] | string>);
 }
 
 // Alias
diff --git a/lib/adapters/http.js b/lib/adapters/http.js
index 9ca70668e9..bf6c2fffcb 100755
--- a/lib/adapters/http.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/http.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import EventEmitter from 'events';
 import formDataToStream from "../helpers/formDataToStream.js";
 import readBlob from "../helpers/readBlob.js";
 import ZlibHeaderTransformStream from '../helpers/ZlibHeaderTransformStream.js';
+import callbackify from "../helpers/callbackify.js";
 
 const zlibOptions = {
   flush: zlib.constants.Z_SYNC_FLUSH,
@@ -146,13 +147,24 @@ const wrapAsync = (asyncExecutor) => {
 /*eslint consistent-return:0*/
 export default isHttpAdapterSupported && function httpAdapter(config) {
   return wrapAsync(async function dispatchHttpRequest(resolve, reject, onDone) {
-    let {data} = config;
+    let {data, lookup, family} = config;
     const {responseType, responseEncoding} = config;
     const method = config.method.toUpperCase();
     let isDone;
     let rejected = false;
     let req;
 
+    if (lookup && utils.isAsyncFn(lookup)) {
+      lookup = callbackify(lookup, (entry) => {
+        if(utils.isString(entry)) {
+          entry = [entry, entry.indexOf('.') < 0 ? 6 : 4]
+        } else if (!utils.isArray(entry)) {
+          throw new TypeError('lookup async function must return an array [ip: string, family: number]]')
+        }
+        return entry;
+      })
+    }
+
     // temporary internal emitter until the AxiosRequest class will be implemented
     const emitter = new EventEmitter();
 
@@ -378,6 +390,8 @@ export default isHttpAdapterSupported && function httpAdapter(config) {
       agents: { http: config.httpAgent, https: config.httpsAgent },
       auth,
       protocol,
+      family,
+      lookup,
       beforeRedirect: dispatchBeforeRedirect,
       beforeRedirects: {}
     };
diff --git a/lib/helpers/callbackify.js b/lib/helpers/callbackify.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4603badc31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/helpers/callbackify.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import utils from "../utils.js";
+
+const callbackify = (fn, reducer) => {
+  return utils.isAsyncFn(fn) ? function (...args) {
+    const cb = args.pop();
+    fn.apply(this, args).then((value) => {
+      try {
+        reducer ? cb(null, ...reducer(value)) : cb(null, value);
+      } catch (err) {
+        cb(err);
+      }
+    }, cb);
+  } : fn;
+}
+
+export default callbackify;
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 80ae34c0c4..6beea04885 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -662,6 +662,15 @@ const toJSONObject = (obj) => {
   return visit(obj, 0);
 }
 
+const [isPlainFunction, isAsyncFn, isGeneratorFn, isAsyncGeneratorFn] = (
+  (...fns) => fns.map(
+    ({constructor})=> (thing) => thing && typeof thing === 'function' && thing.constructor === constructor
+  )
+)(()=> {}, async()=>{}, function*(){}, async function*(){});
+
+const isThenable = (thing) =>
+  thing && (isObject(thing) || isFunction(thing)) && isFunction(thing.then) && isFunction(thing.catch);
+
 export default {
   isArray,
   isArrayBuffer,
@@ -711,5 +720,10 @@ export default {
   ALPHABET,
   generateString,
   isSpecCompliantForm,
-  toJSONObject
+  toJSONObject,
+  isAsyncFn,
+  isGeneratorFn,
+  isAsyncGeneratorFn,
+  isPlainFunction,
+  isThenable
 };
diff --git a/test/module/typings/esm/index.ts b/test/module/typings/esm/index.ts
index d7d4cdd97c..938652e7c7 100644
--- a/test/module/typings/esm/index.ts
+++ b/test/module/typings/esm/index.ts
@@ -627,3 +627,17 @@ for (const [header, value] of headers) {
     }
   });
 }
+
+// lookup
+axios.get('/user', {
+  lookup: (hostname: string, opt: object, cb: (err: Error | null, address: string, family: number) => void) => {
+    cb(null, '127.0.0.1', 4);
+  }
+});
+
+// lookup async
+axios.get('/user', {
+  lookup: (hostname: string, opt: object) => {
+    return ['127.0.0.1', 4];
+  }
+});
diff --git a/test/unit/adapters/http.js b/test/unit/adapters/http.js
index 769e4692da..a588ab8fbe 100644
--- a/test/unit/adapters/http.js
+++ b/test/unit/adapters/http.js
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ var noop = ()=> {};
 
 const LOCAL_SERVER_URL = 'http://localhost:4444';
 
+const SERVER_HANDLER_STREAM_ECHO = (req, res) => req.pipe(res);
+
 function startHTTPServer(options) {
 
   const {handler, useBuffering = false, rate = undefined, port = 4444} = typeof options === 'function' ? {
@@ -2117,4 +2119,63 @@ describe('supports http with nodejs', function () {
 
     assert.strictEqual(data, '/?foo');
   });
+
+  describe('DNS', function() {
+    it('should support custom DNS lookup function', async function () {
+      server = await startHTTPServer(SERVER_HANDLER_STREAM_ECHO);
+
+      const payload = 'test';
+
+      let isCalled = false;
+
+      const {data} = await axios.post(`http://fake-name.axios:4444`, payload,{
+        lookup: (hostname, opt, cb) =>  {
+          isCalled = true;
+          cb(null, '127.0.0.1', 4);
+        }
+      });
+
+      assert.ok(isCalled);
+
+      assert.strictEqual(data, payload);
+    });
+
+    it('should support custom DNS lookup function (async)', async function () {
+      server = await startHTTPServer(SERVER_HANDLER_STREAM_ECHO);
+
+      const payload = 'test';
+
+      let isCalled = false;
+
+      const {data} = await axios.post(`http://fake-name.axios:4444`, payload,{
+        lookup: async (hostname, opt) =>  {
+          isCalled = true;
+          return ['127.0.0.1', 4];
+        }
+      });
+
+      assert.ok(isCalled);
+
+      assert.strictEqual(data, payload);
+    });
+
+    it('should support custom DNS lookup function that returns only IP address (async)', async function () {
+      server = await startHTTPServer(SERVER_HANDLER_STREAM_ECHO);
+
+      const payload = 'test';
+
+      let isCalled = false;
+
+      const {data} = await axios.post(`http://fake-name.axios:4444`, payload,{
+        lookup: async (hostname, opt) =>  {
+          isCalled = true;
+          return '127.0.0.1';
+        }
+      });
+
+      assert.ok(isCalled);
+
+      assert.strictEqual(data, payload);
+    });
+  });
 });