diff --git a/src/lib/libcore.js b/src/lib/libcore.js
index 73791efc656a8..6a5cc9d36d5c1 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcore.js
+++ b/src/lib/libcore.js
@@ -861,8 +861,8 @@ addToLibrary({
   $DNS: {
     address_map: {
       id: 1,
-      addrs: {},
-      names: {}
+      addrs: { localhost: "127.0.0.1" },
+      names: { "127.0.0.1": "localhost" },
     },
 
     lookup_name(name) {
diff --git a/test/sockets/test_gethostbyname.c b/test/sockets/test_gethostbyname.c
index 95275198265c1..a203957fe7916 100644
--- a/test/sockets/test_gethostbyname.c
+++ b/test/sockets/test_gethostbyname.c
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 #include <emscripten.h>
 #endif
 
-int main() {
+
+void do_ip_check(char* name) {
   char str[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
   struct hostent *host = NULL;
   struct hostent hostData;
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ int main() {
   // gethostbyname_r calls the same stuff as gethostbyname, so we'll test the
   // more complicated one.
   // resolve the hostname to an actual address
-  gethostbyname_r("slashdot.org", &hostData, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &host, &err);
+  gethostbyname_r(name, &hostData, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &host, &err);
   assert(host->h_addrtype == AF_INET);
   assert(host->h_length == sizeof(uint32_t));
 
@@ -48,10 +49,17 @@ int main() {
   // do a reverse lookup on the ip address
   struct hostent *host1 = gethostbyaddr(&addr, sizeof(addr), host->h_addrtype);
   printf("gethostbyaddr -> %s\n", host1->h_name);
-  assert(strstr(host1->h_name, "slashdot.org"));
+  assert(strstr(host1->h_name, name));
+}
 
+int main() {
+  printf("slashdot.org\n");
+  do_ip_check("slashdot.org");
+  
+  printf("localhost\n");
+  do_ip_check("localhost");
+  
   puts("success");
-
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/sockets/test_gethostbyname.out b/test/sockets/test_gethostbyname.out
index 8d7c845068813..967ff6bd90b23 100644
--- a/test/sockets/test_gethostbyname.out
+++ b/test/sockets/test_gethostbyname.out
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+slashdot.org
 gethostbyname -> 172.29.1.0
 gethostbyaddr -> slashdot.org
+localhost
+gethostbyname -> 127.0.0.1
+gethostbyaddr -> localhost
 success