diff --git a/crates/perry-runtime/src/dns.rs b/crates/perry-runtime/src/dns.rs
index 850bcb1f64..9005462246 100644
--- a/crates/perry-runtime/src/dns.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-runtime/src/dns.rs
@@ -825,14 +825,39 @@ fn dns_error_code(err: DnsError) -> &'static str {
     }
 }
 
+/// Build a c-ares-style DNS error carrying Node's `.code`, `.syscall`, and
+/// `.hostname` own properties. Node's `dns.resolve*`/`dns.reverse` rejections
+/// always set all three (with `errno` left `undefined`); registering them on
+/// the message StringHeader mirrors the `.code` path so caught errors expose
+/// the full shape, not just `.code`.
+fn dns_query_error_value(
+    message: &str,
+    code: &'static str,
+    syscall: &'static str,
+    hostname: &str,
+) -> f64 {
+    let msg = crate::string::js_string_from_bytes(message.as_ptr(), message.len() as u32);
+    crate::node_submodules::register_error_code_pub(msg, code);
+    crate::node_submodules::register_error_syscall(msg, syscall);
+    crate::node_submodules::register_error_hostname(msg, hostname.to_string());
+    let err = crate::error::js_error_new_with_message(msg);
+    boxed_pointer(err as *const u8)
+}
+
 fn resolve_error_value(kind: RecordKind, host: &str, err: DnsError) -> f64 {
     let code = dns_error_code(err);
-    plain_error_value(&format!("{} {code} {host}", resolve_syscall(kind)), code)
+    let syscall = resolve_syscall(kind);
+    dns_query_error_value(&format!("{syscall} {code} {host}"), code, syscall, host)
 }
 
 fn reverse_error_value(host: &str, err: DnsError) -> f64 {
     let code = dns_error_code(err);
-    plain_error_value(&format!("getHostByAddr {code} {host}"), code)
+    dns_query_error_value(
+        &format!("getHostByAddr {code} {host}"),
+        code,
+        "getHostByAddr",
+        host,
+    )
 }
 
 /// Deterministic-mode (`PERRY_DETERMINISTIC_NET=1`) loopback answers — the
diff --git a/crates/perry-runtime/src/node_submodules/diagnostics.rs b/crates/perry-runtime/src/node_submodules/diagnostics.rs
index 91020176a4..008d6ec6f8 100644
--- a/crates/perry-runtime/src/node_submodules/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-runtime/src/node_submodules/diagnostics.rs
@@ -477,6 +477,31 @@ pub fn error_path_for_message(message_ptr: *const StringHeader) -> Option<String
     ERROR_MESSAGE_PATHS.with(|m| m.borrow().get(&(message_ptr as usize)).cloned())
 }
 
+thread_local! {
+    pub(crate) static ERROR_MESSAGE_HOSTNAMES: RefCell<HashMap<usize, String>> =
+        RefCell::new(HashMap::new());
+}
+
+/// Attach a Node-style `hostname` string to an Error keyed by its message
+/// StringHeader. Node's c-ares `dns.resolve*`/`dns.reverse` failures carry the
+/// queried hostname (or address) on `err.hostname`. Read back from the
+/// `.hostname` getter in `field_get_set` (mirrors `.path`).
+pub fn register_error_hostname(message_ptr: *const StringHeader, hostname: String) {
+    if message_ptr.is_null() {
+        return;
+    }
+    ERROR_MESSAGE_HOSTNAMES.with(|m| {
+        m.borrow_mut().insert(message_ptr as usize, hostname);
+    });
+}
+
+pub fn error_hostname_for_message(message_ptr: *const StringHeader) -> Option<String> {
+    if message_ptr.is_null() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    ERROR_MESSAGE_HOSTNAMES.with(|m| m.borrow().get(&(message_ptr as usize)).cloned())
+}
+
 /// Attach a Node-style `dest` string to an Error keyed by its message
 /// StringHeader. Node sets `dest` on two-path fs errors (rename/copyFile/
 /// link/symlink) alongside `path`. Read back from the `.dest` getter.
diff --git a/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set.rs b/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set.rs
index 29660dc9cd..b1920e2272 100644
--- a/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set.rs
@@ -4205,6 +4205,21 @@ pub extern "C" fn js_object_get_field_by_name(
                         }
                         return JSValue::undefined();
                     }
+                    b"hostname" => {
+                        // Node attaches `hostname` to c-ares dns errors
+                        // (`dns.resolve*`/`dns.reverse`). Mirrors `.path`.
+                        let msg = crate::error::js_error_get_message(err_ptr);
+                        if let Some(hostname) =
+                            crate::node_submodules::error_hostname_for_message(msg)
+                        {
+                            let s = crate::string::js_string_from_bytes(
+                                hostname.as_ptr(),
+                                hostname.len() as u32,
+                            );
+                            return JSValue::from_bits(crate::js_nanbox_string(s as i64).to_bits());
+                        }
+                        return JSValue::undefined();
+                    }
                     b"dest" => {
                         // Node attaches `dest` to two-path fs errors
                         // (rename/copyFile/link/symlink). Mirrors `.path`.
diff --git a/test-parity/node-suite/dns/imports/default-export.ts b/test-parity/node-suite/dns/imports/default-export.ts
index df8919a689..baf5fe9c54 100644
--- a/test-parity/node-suite/dns/imports/default-export.ts
+++ b/test-parity/node-suite/dns/imports/default-export.ts
@@ -28,5 +28,17 @@ console.log(
 );
 
 const resolver = new dnsPromisesDefault.Resolver();
-const resolver4 = await resolver.resolve4("localhost");
-console.log("promises default resolve4:", Array.isArray(resolver4), JSON.stringify(resolver4));
+// resolve4 queries the configured nameserver directly (it does not read
+// /etc/hosts), so "localhost" yields an A record on some resolvers and
+// ESERVFAIL/ENOTFOUND on others — node itself rejects (and aborts on the
+// unhandled rejection) when the resolver has no answer for it. Print
+// array-or-error-code so node and Perry agree regardless of the machine's
+// resolver, the same record-or-error approach the dns/resolve suite uses.
+let resolver4Summary: string;
+try {
+  const resolver4 = await resolver.resolve4("localhost");
+  resolver4Summary = Array.isArray(resolver4) ? "array" : typeof resolver4;
+} catch (e: any) {
+  resolver4Summary = "err:" + e.code;
+}
+console.log("promises default resolve4:", resolver4Summary);