diff --git a/lib/hostthre.c b/lib/hostthre.c
index 13761c5875ed1a57aa057fd20e3bad61985e3d26..ebd9e7dc589ee2f1092c36953aeb2600798c5c4c 100644
--- a/lib/hostthre.c
+++ b/lib/hostthre.c
@@ -804,7 +804,10 @@ Curl_addrinfo *Curl_getaddrinfo(struct connectdata *conn,
 
   memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
   hints.ai_family = pf;
-  hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+  if(conn->protocol & PROT_TFTP)
+    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
+  else
+    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
   hints.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME;
   itoa(port, sbuf, 10);