diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.cpp
index 09618704..938d75e3 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ namespace ix
                            : resolveUnCancellable(errMsg, isCancellationRequested);
     }
 
+    void DNSLookup::release(struct addrinfo* addr)
+    {
+        freeaddrinfo(addr);
+    }
+
     struct addrinfo* DNSLookup::resolveUnCancellable(
         std::string& errMsg, const CancellationRequest& isCancellationRequested)
     {
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.h b/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.h
index 754da263..fcdd103d 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ namespace ix
                                  const CancellationRequest& isCancellationRequested,
                                  bool cancellable = true);
 
+        void release(struct addrinfo* addr);
+
     private:
         struct addrinfo* resolveCancellable(std::string& errMsg,
                                             const CancellationRequest& isCancellationRequested);
diff --git a/test/IXDNSLookupTest.cpp b/test/IXDNSLookupTest.cpp
index 31a7e0aa..ca1180ee 100644
--- a/test/IXDNSLookupTest.cpp
+++ b/test/IXDNSLookupTest.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ TEST_CASE("dns", "[net]")
         res = dnsLookup->resolve(errMsg, [] { return false; });
         std::cerr << "Error message: " << errMsg << std::endl;
         REQUIRE(res != nullptr);
+
+        dnsLookup->release(res);
     }
 
     SECTION("Test resolving a non-existing hostname")