diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ae8ca31..28af5a2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ project(
   meson_version: '>=0.62.0'
 )
 
+cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+
 # Check just in case downstream decides to edit the source
 # and add a project version
 version = meson.project_version()
 if version == 'undefined'
-  cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
   version = cxx.get_define('CPPHTTPLIB_VERSION',
     prefix: '#include <httplib.h>',
     include_directories: include_directories('.')).strip('"')
@@ -65,6 +66,21 @@ if brotli_found_all
   args += '-DCPPHTTPLIB_BROTLI_SUPPORT'
 endif
 
+async_ns_opt = get_option('cpp-httplib_non_blocking_getaddrinfo')
+
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  async_ns_dep = cxx.find_library('ws2_32', required: async_ns_opt)
+elif host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
+  async_ns_dep = dependency('appleframeworks', modules: ['CFNetwork'], required: async_ns_opt)
+else
+  async_ns_dep = cxx.find_library('anl', required: async_ns_opt)
+endif
+
+if async_ns_dep.found()
+  deps += async_ns_dep
+  args += '-DCPPHTTPLIB_USE_NON_BLOCKING_GETADDRINFO'
+endif
+
 cpp_httplib_dep = dependency('', required: false)
 
 if get_option('cpp-httplib_compile')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index e15847d..cdb5522 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ option('cpp-httplib_openssl', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Enab
 option('cpp-httplib_zlib',    type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Enable zlib support')
 option('cpp-httplib_brotli',  type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Enable Brotli support')
 option('cpp-httplib_macosx_keychain', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Enable loading certs from the Keychain on Apple devices')
+option('cpp-httplib_non_blocking_getaddrinfo', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Enable asynchronous name lookup')
 option('cpp-httplib_compile', type: 'boolean', value: false,  description: 'Split the header into a compilable header & source file (requires python3)')
 option('cpp-httplib_test',    type: 'boolean', value: false,  description: 'Build tests')