diff --git a/daemon/Makefile b/daemon/Makefile
index f26e75f19..ab7bb3ff2 100644
--- a/daemon/Makefile
+++ b/daemon/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ DAEMON_LIB_OBJS := $(DAEMON_LIB_SRC:.c=.o)
 DAEMON_SRC :=					\
 	daemon/jsonrpc.c			\
 	daemon/lightningd.c			\
+	daemon/netaddr.c			\
 	daemon/peer.c				\
 	daemon/timeout.c
 DAEMON_OBJS := $(DAEMON_SRC:.c=.o)
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ DAEMON_HEADERS :=				\
 	daemon/jsonrpc.h			\
 	daemon/lightningd.h			\
 	daemon/log.h				\
+	daemon/netaddr.h			\
 	daemon/peer.h				\
 	daemon/pseudorand.h			\
 	daemon/timeout.h
diff --git a/daemon/netaddr.c b/daemon/netaddr.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6eb9280ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/netaddr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#include "netaddr.h"
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <ccan/cast/cast.h>
+#include <ccan/tal/str/str.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void netaddr_to_addrinfo(struct addrinfo *ai, const struct netaddr *a)
+{
+	ai->ai_flags = 0;
+	ai->ai_family = a->saddr.s.sa_family;
+	ai->ai_socktype = a->type;
+	ai->ai_protocol = a->protocol;
+	ai->ai_addrlen = a->addrlen;
+	ai->ai_addr = cast_const(struct sockaddr *, &a->saddr.s);
+	ai->ai_canonname = NULL;
+	ai->ai_next = NULL;
+}
+
+char *netaddr_name(const tal_t *ctx, const struct netaddr *a)
+{
+	char name[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+	const void *sockaddr;
+	uint16_t port;
+
+	switch (a->saddr.s.sa_family) {
+	case AF_INET:
+		sockaddr = &a->saddr.ipv4.sin_addr;
+		port = ntohs(a->saddr.ipv4.sin_port);
+		break;
+	case AF_INET6:
+		sockaddr = &a->saddr.ipv6.sin6_addr;
+		port = ntohs(a->saddr.ipv6.sin6_port);
+		break;
+	default:
+		return tal_fmt(ctx, "Unknown protocol %u", a->saddr.s.sa_family);
+	}
+
+	if (!inet_ntop(a->saddr.s.sa_family, sockaddr, name, sizeof(name)))
+		sprintf(name, "Unprintable-%u-address", a->saddr.s.sa_family);
+
+	return tal_fmt(ctx, "%s:%u", name, port);
+}
diff --git a/daemon/netaddr.h b/daemon/netaddr.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13f1c3ec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/netaddr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#ifndef LIGHTNING_DAEMON_NETADDR_H
+#define LIGHTNING_DAEMON_NETADDR_H
+#include "config.h"
+#include <ccan/tal/tal.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netinet/ip.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+struct addrinfo;
+
+/* This can be extended to support other protocols in future. */
+struct netaddr {
+	int type; /* See socket(2): SOCK_STREAM currently */
+	int protocol; /* See socket(2): 0 currently */
+	socklen_t addrlen;
+	union {
+		struct sockaddr s;
+		struct sockaddr_in ipv4;
+		struct sockaddr_in6 ipv6;
+	} saddr;
+};
+
+/* Get the name for this netaddr. */
+char *netaddr_name(const tal_t *ctx, const struct netaddr *a);
+
+/* Create a addrinfo (as wanted by io_connect) for this address. */
+void netaddr_to_addrinfo(struct addrinfo *ai, const struct netaddr *a);
+
+#endif /* LIGHTNING_DAEMON_NETADDR_H */
diff --git a/daemon/peer.c b/daemon/peer.c
index 2200c1af4..44f8da614 100644
--- a/daemon/peer.c
+++ b/daemon/peer.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "lightningd.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "peer.h"
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <ccan/io/io.h>
 #include <ccan/noerr/noerr.h>
 #include <ccan/short_types/short_types.h>
@@ -13,18 +12,6 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-static u16 get_port(const struct netaddr *addr)
-{
-	switch (addr->saddr.s.sa_family) {
-	case AF_INET:
-		return ntohs(addr->saddr.ipv4.sin_port);
-	case AF_INET6:
-		return ntohs(addr->saddr.ipv6.sin6_port);
-	default:
-		abort();
-	}
-}
-
 static void destroy_peer(struct peer *peer)
 {
 	list_del_from(&peer->state->peers, &peer->list);
@@ -36,7 +23,6 @@ static struct peer *new_peer(struct lightningd_state *state,
 			     const char *in_or_out)
 {
 	struct peer *peer = tal(state, struct peer);
-	char name[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
 
 	/* FIXME: Stop listening if too many peers? */
 	list_add(&state->peers, &peer->list);
@@ -57,13 +43,9 @@ static struct peer *new_peer(struct lightningd_state *state,
 		return tal_free(peer);
 	}
 
-	if (!inet_ntop(peer->addr.saddr.s.sa_family, &peer->addr.saddr,
-		       name, sizeof(name)))
-		strcpy(name, "UNCONVERTABLE-ADDR");
-
-	peer->log = new_log(peer, state->log_record, "%s-%s:%s:%u",
+	peer->log = new_log(peer, state->log_record, "%s%s:%s:",
 			    log_prefix(state->base_log), in_or_out,
-			    name, get_port(&peer->addr));
+			    netaddr_name(peer, &peer->addr));
 	return peer;
 }
 
diff --git a/daemon/peer.h b/daemon/peer.h
index 958cb2f68..50cea69a1 100644
--- a/daemon/peer.h
+++ b/daemon/peer.h
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef LIGHTNING_DAEMON_PEER_H
 #define LIGHTNING_DAEMON_PEER_H
 #include "config.h"
+#include "netaddr.h"
 #include <ccan/list/list.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <netinet/ip.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-
-/* This can be extended to support other protocols in future. */
-struct netaddr {
-	int type; /* See socket(2): SOCK_STREAM currently */
-	int protocol; /* See socket(2): 0 currently */
-	socklen_t addrlen;
-	union {
-		struct sockaddr s;
-		struct sockaddr_in ipv4;
-		struct sockaddr_in6 ipv6;
-	} saddr;
-};
 
 struct peer {
 	/* state->peers list */