diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 3667820a21fe6..80527b782e986 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1156,10 +1156,11 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
     if (mapArgs.count("-externalip")) {
         BOOST_FOREACH(const std::string& strAddr, mapMultiArgs["-externalip"]) {
-            CService addrLocal(strAddr, GetListenPort(), fNameLookup);
-            if (!addrLocal.IsValid())
+            CService addrLocal;
+            if (Lookup(strAddr.c_str(), addrLocal, GetListenPort(), fNameLookup) && addrLocal.IsValid())
+                AddLocal(addrLocal, LOCAL_MANUAL);
+            else
                 return InitError(ResolveErrMsg("externalip", strAddr));
-            AddLocal(CService(strAddr, GetListenPort(), fNameLookup), LOCAL_MANUAL);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index f294e4c667836..7dec8fc1cf599 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ void ThreadDNSAddressSeed()
         } else {
             vector<CNetAddr> vIPs;
             vector<CAddress> vAdd;
-            if (LookupHost(seed.host.c_str(), vIPs))
+            if (LookupHost(seed.host.c_str(), vIPs, 0, true))
             {
                 BOOST_FOREACH(const CNetAddr& ip, vIPs)
                 {
@@ -1454,7 +1454,15 @@ void ThreadDNSAddressSeed()
                     found++;
                 }
             }
-            addrman.Add(vAdd, CNetAddr(seed.name, true));
+            // TODO: The seed name resolve may fail, yielding an IP of [::], which results in
+            // addrman assigning the same source to results from different seeds.
+            // This should switch to a hard-coded stable dummy IP for each seed name, so that the
+            // resolve is not required at all.
+            if (!vIPs.empty()) {
+                CService seedSource;
+                Lookup(seed.name.c_str(), seedSource, 0, true);
+                addrman.Add(vAdd, seedSource);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -1884,7 +1892,7 @@ void static Discover(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     if (gethostname(pszHostName, sizeof(pszHostName)) != SOCKET_ERROR)
     {
         vector<CNetAddr> vaddr;
-        if (LookupHost(pszHostName, vaddr))
+        if (LookupHost(pszHostName, vaddr, 0, true))
         {
             BOOST_FOREACH (const CNetAddr &addr, vaddr)
             {
diff --git a/src/netbase.cpp b/src/netbase.cpp
index 281c6bcb7fe79..b44a8b16e20cc 100644
--- a/src/netbase.cpp
+++ b/src/netbase.cpp
@@ -614,10 +614,12 @@ bool ConnectSocketByName(CService &addr, SOCKET& hSocketRet, const char *pszDest
     proxyType nameProxy;
     GetNameProxy(nameProxy);
 
-    CService addrResolved(CNetAddr(strDest, fNameLookup && !HaveNameProxy()), port);
-    if (addrResolved.IsValid()) {
-        addr = addrResolved;
-        return ConnectSocket(addr, hSocketRet, nTimeout);
+    CService addrResolved;
+    if (Lookup(strDest.c_str(), addrResolved, port, fNameLookup && !HaveNameProxy())) {
+        if (addrResolved.IsValid()) {
+            addr = addrResolved;
+            return ConnectSocket(addr, hSocketRet, nTimeout);
+        }
     }
 
     addr = CService("0.0.0.0:0");
@@ -686,19 +688,19 @@ CNetAddr::CNetAddr(const struct in6_addr& ipv6Addr, const uint32_t scope)
     scopeId = scope;
 }
 
-CNetAddr::CNetAddr(const char *pszIp, bool fAllowLookup)
+CNetAddr::CNetAddr(const char *pszIp)
 {
     Init();
     std::vector<CNetAddr> vIP;
-    if (LookupHost(pszIp, vIP, 1, fAllowLookup))
+    if (LookupHost(pszIp, vIP, 1, false))
         *this = vIP[0];
 }
 
-CNetAddr::CNetAddr(const std::string &strIp, bool fAllowLookup)
+CNetAddr::CNetAddr(const std::string &strIp)
 {
     Init();
     std::vector<CNetAddr> vIP;
-    if (LookupHost(strIp.c_str(), vIP, 1, fAllowLookup))
+    if (LookupHost(strIp.c_str(), vIP, 1, false))
         *this = vIP[0];
 }
 
@@ -1121,35 +1123,35 @@ bool CService::SetSockAddr(const struct sockaddr *paddr)
     }
 }
 
-CService::CService(const char *pszIpPort, bool fAllowLookup)
+CService::CService(const char *pszIpPort)
 {
     Init();
     CService ip;
-    if (Lookup(pszIpPort, ip, 0, fAllowLookup))
+    if (Lookup(pszIpPort, ip, 0, false))
         *this = ip;
 }
 
-CService::CService(const char *pszIpPort, int portDefault, bool fAllowLookup)
+CService::CService(const char *pszIpPort, int portDefault)
 {
     Init();
     CService ip;
-    if (Lookup(pszIpPort, ip, portDefault, fAllowLookup))
+    if (Lookup(pszIpPort, ip, portDefault, false))
         *this = ip;
 }
 
-CService::CService(const std::string &strIpPort, bool fAllowLookup)
+CService::CService(const std::string &strIpPort)
 {
     Init();
     CService ip;
-    if (Lookup(strIpPort.c_str(), ip, 0, fAllowLookup))
+    if (Lookup(strIpPort.c_str(), ip, 0, false))
         *this = ip;
 }
 
-CService::CService(const std::string &strIpPort, int portDefault, bool fAllowLookup)
+CService::CService(const std::string &strIpPort, int portDefault)
 {
     Init();
     CService ip;
-    if (Lookup(strIpPort.c_str(), ip, portDefault, fAllowLookup))
+    if (Lookup(strIpPort.c_str(), ip, portDefault, false))
         *this = ip;
 }
 
@@ -1243,7 +1245,7 @@ CSubNet::CSubNet():
     memset(netmask, 0, sizeof(netmask));
 }
 
-CSubNet::CSubNet(const std::string &strSubnet, bool fAllowLookup)
+CSubNet::CSubNet(const std::string &strSubnet)
 {
     size_t slash = strSubnet.find_last_of('/');
     std::vector<CNetAddr> vIP;
@@ -1253,7 +1255,7 @@ CSubNet::CSubNet(const std::string &strSubnet, bool fAllowLookup)
     memset(netmask, 255, sizeof(netmask));
 
     std::string strAddress = strSubnet.substr(0, slash);
-    if (LookupHost(strAddress.c_str(), vIP, 1, fAllowLookup))
+    if (LookupHost(strAddress.c_str(), vIP, 1, false))
     {
         network = vIP[0];
         if (slash != strSubnet.npos)
diff --git a/src/netbase.h b/src/netbase.h
index db736154fa684..65187a17cfd54 100644
--- a/src/netbase.h
+++ b/src/netbase.h
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ class CNetAddr
     public:
         CNetAddr();
         CNetAddr(const struct in_addr& ipv4Addr);
-        explicit CNetAddr(const char *pszIp, bool fAllowLookup = false);
-        explicit CNetAddr(const std::string &strIp, bool fAllowLookup = false);
+        explicit CNetAddr(const char *pszIp);
+        explicit CNetAddr(const std::string &strIp);
         void Init();
         void SetIP(const CNetAddr& ip);
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class CSubNet
 
     public:
         CSubNet();
-        explicit CSubNet(const std::string &strSubnet, bool fAllowLookup = false);
+        explicit CSubNet(const std::string &strSubnet);
 
         //constructor for single ip subnet (<ipv4>/32 or <ipv6>/128)
         explicit CSubNet(const CNetAddr &addr);
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ class CService : public CNetAddr
         CService(const CNetAddr& ip, unsigned short port);
         CService(const struct in_addr& ipv4Addr, unsigned short port);
         CService(const struct sockaddr_in& addr);
-        explicit CService(const char *pszIpPort, int portDefault, bool fAllowLookup = false);
-        explicit CService(const char *pszIpPort, bool fAllowLookup = false);
-        explicit CService(const std::string& strIpPort, int portDefault, bool fAllowLookup = false);
-        explicit CService(const std::string& strIpPort, bool fAllowLookup = false);
+        explicit CService(const char *pszIpPort, int portDefault);
+        explicit CService(const char *pszIpPort);
+        explicit CService(const std::string& strIpPort, int portDefault);
+        explicit CService(const std::string& strIpPort);
         void Init();
         void SetPort(unsigned short portIn);
         unsigned short GetPort() const;
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ bool GetProxy(enum Network net, proxyType &proxyInfoOut);
 bool IsProxy(const CNetAddr &addr);
 bool SetNameProxy(const proxyType &addrProxy);
 bool HaveNameProxy();
-bool LookupHost(const char *pszName, std::vector<CNetAddr>& vIP, unsigned int nMaxSolutions = 0, bool fAllowLookup = true);
-bool Lookup(const char *pszName, CService& addr, int portDefault = 0, bool fAllowLookup = true);
-bool Lookup(const char *pszName, std::vector<CService>& vAddr, int portDefault = 0, bool fAllowLookup = true, unsigned int nMaxSolutions = 0);
+bool LookupHost(const char *pszName, std::vector<CNetAddr>& vIP, unsigned int nMaxSolutions, bool fAllowLookup);
+bool Lookup(const char *pszName, CService& addr, int portDefault, bool fAllowLookup);
+bool Lookup(const char *pszName, std::vector<CService>& vAddr, int portDefault, bool fAllowLookup, unsigned int nMaxSolutions);
 bool LookupNumeric(const char *pszName, CService& addr, int portDefault = 0);
 bool ConnectSocket(const CService &addr, SOCKET& hSocketRet, int nTimeout, bool *outProxyConnectionFailed = 0);
 bool ConnectSocketByName(CService &addr, SOCKET& hSocketRet, const char *pszDest, int portDefault, int nTimeout, bool *outProxyConnectionFailed = 0);
diff --git a/src/torcontrol.cpp b/src/torcontrol.cpp
index 1c7bc2dbeee6b..47d834c7b4eff 100644
--- a/src/torcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/torcontrol.cpp
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ void TorController::add_onion_cb(TorControlConnection& conn, const TorControlRep
                 private_key = i->second;
         }
 
-        service = CService(service_id+".onion", GetListenPort(), false);
+        service = CService(service_id+".onion", GetListenPort());
         LogPrintf("tor: Got service ID %s, advertising service %s\n", service_id, service.ToString());
         if (WriteBinaryFile(GetPrivateKeyFile(), private_key)) {
             LogPrint("tor", "tor: Cached service private key to %s\n", GetPrivateKeyFile());