diff --git a/connectd/connectd.c b/connectd/connectd.c
index 54ac08918db0..61759f7a61f2 100644
--- a/connectd/connectd.c
+++ b/connectd/connectd.c
@@ -1134,7 +1134,10 @@ static void try_connect_one_addr(struct connecting *connect)
 			hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
 			hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
 			hints.ai_protocol = 0;
+			/* AI_ADDRCONFIG speeds up connects on single-stack hosts by
+			 * pruning unreachable address families. */
 			hints.ai_flags = AI_ADDRCONFIG;
+
 			gai_err = getaddrinfo((char *)addr->u.wireaddr.wireaddr.addr,
 					      tal_fmt(tmpctx, "%d",
 						      addr->u.wireaddr.wireaddr.port),
diff --git a/tests/test_gossip.py b/tests/test_gossip.py
index 326a4391af40..e39df294fb37 100644
--- a/tests/test_gossip.py
+++ b/tests/test_gossip.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import pytest
 import struct
 import subprocess
+import sys
 import time
 import unittest
 import shutil
@@ -186,6 +187,8 @@ def test_announce_dns_suppressed(node_factory, bitcoind):
     assert addresses[0]['port'] == 1236
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "darwin",
+                 "localhost.localdomain not in /etc/hosts on macOS by default")
 def test_announce_and_connect_via_dns(node_factory, bitcoind):
     """ Test that DNS announcements propagate and can be used when connecting.