diff --git a/src/server/ocsigen_cohttp.ml b/src/server/ocsigen_cohttp.ml
index fcef7343e..c0e79fed5 100644
--- a/src/server/ocsigen_cohttp.ml
+++ b/src/server/ocsigen_cohttp.ml
@@ -58,10 +58,12 @@ let handler ~ssl ~address ~port ~connector (flow, conn) request body =
   let filenames = ref [] in
   let edn = Conduit_lwt_unix.endp_of_flow flow in
   let rec getsockname = function
-    | `TCP (ip, _port) -> Ipaddr.to_string ip
-    | `Unix_domain_socket path -> "unix://" ^ path
+    | `TCP (ip, port) -> Unix.ADDR_INET (Ipaddr_unix.to_inet_addr ip, port)
+    | `Unix_domain_socket path -> Unix.ADDR_UNIX path
     | `TLS (_, edn) -> getsockname edn
-    | `Unknown _ | `Vchan_direct _ | `Vchan_domain_socket _ -> "unknown"
+    | `Unknown err -> raise (Failure ("resolution failed: " ^ err))
+    | `Vchan_direct _ -> raise (Failure "VChan not supported")
+    | `Vchan_domain_socket _ -> raise (Failure "VChan not supported")
   in
   let sockaddr = getsockname edn in
   let connection_closed =
diff --git a/src/server/ocsigen_request.ml b/src/server/ocsigen_request.ml
index a61442b28..040662272 100644
--- a/src/server/ocsigen_request.ml
+++ b/src/server/ocsigen_request.ml
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ type t =
   ; r_port : int
   ; r_ssl : bool
   ; r_filenames : string list ref
-  ; r_remote_ip : string
+  ; r_sockaddr : Lwt_unix.sockaddr
+  ; r_remote_ip : string Lazy.t
+  ; r_remote_ip_parsed : [`Ip of Ipaddr.t | `Unix of string] Lazy.t
   ; r_forward_ip : string list
   ; r_uri : uri
   ; r_meth : Cohttp.Code.meth
@@ -84,11 +86,26 @@ let make
       ~connection_closed
       request
   =
+  let r_remote_ip =
+    lazy
+      (match sockaddr with
+      | Unix.ADDR_INET (ip, _port) -> Unix.string_of_inet_addr ip
+      | ADDR_UNIX f -> f)
+  in
+  let r_remote_ip_parsed =
+    lazy
+      (match sockaddr with
+      | Unix.ADDR_INET (ip, _port) ->
+          `Ip (Ipaddr.of_string_exn (Unix.string_of_inet_addr ip))
+      | ADDR_UNIX f -> `Unix f)
+  in
   { r_address = address
   ; r_port = port
   ; r_ssl = ssl
   ; r_filenames = filenames
-  ; r_remote_ip = sockaddr
+  ; r_sockaddr = sockaddr
+  ; r_remote_ip
+  ; r_remote_ip_parsed
   ; r_forward_ip = forward_ip
   ; r_uri = make_uri (Cohttp.Request.uri request)
   ; r_encoding = Cohttp.Request.encoding request
@@ -123,6 +140,7 @@ let update
        ; r_meth
        ; r_forward_ip
        ; r_remote_ip
+       ; r_remote_ip_parsed
        ; r_cookies_override
        ; r_body
        ; r_sub_path
@@ -132,8 +150,11 @@ let update
   let r_ssl = match ssl with Some ssl -> ssl | None -> r_ssl
   and r_forward_ip =
     match forward_ip with Some forward_ip -> forward_ip | None -> r_forward_ip
-  and r_remote_ip =
-    match remote_ip with Some remote_ip -> remote_ip | None -> r_remote_ip
+  and r_remote_ip, r_remote_ip_parsed =
+    match remote_ip with
+    | Some remote_ip ->
+        lazy remote_ip, lazy (`Ip (Ipaddr.of_string_exn remote_ip))
+    | None -> r_remote_ip, r_remote_ip_parsed
   and r_sub_path = match sub_path with Some _ -> sub_path | None -> r_sub_path
   and r_body =
     match post_data with
@@ -172,6 +193,7 @@ let update
   ; r_meth
   ; r_forward_ip
   ; r_remote_ip
+  ; r_remote_ip_parsed
   ; r_body
   ; r_cookies_override
   ; r_sub_path
@@ -270,19 +292,8 @@ let post_params r s i =
 let files r s i =
   match force_post_data r s i with Some v -> Some (v >|= snd) | None -> None
 
-let remote_ip {r_remote_ip; _} = r_remote_ip
-
-let remote_ip_parsed {r_remote_ip; _} =
-  let is_prefix prefix s =
-    (* TODO: Naive version to be swapped with [String.starts_with ~prefix s]
-       when the dependency on OCaml >= 4.13 is acceptable. *)
-    let plen = String.length prefix in
-    String.length s >= plen && String.sub s 0 plen = prefix
-  in
-  if is_prefix "unix://" r_remote_ip
-  then `Unix r_remote_ip
-  else `Ip (Ipaddr.of_string_exn r_remote_ip)
-
+let remote_ip {r_remote_ip; _} = Lazy.force r_remote_ip
+let remote_ip_parsed {r_remote_ip_parsed; _} = Lazy.force r_remote_ip_parsed
 let forward_ip {r_forward_ip; _} = r_forward_ip
 let request_cache {r_request_cache; _} = r_request_cache
 let tries {r_tries; _} = r_tries
diff --git a/src/server/ocsigen_request.mli b/src/server/ocsigen_request.mli
index f1c3c7d78..4d9db6004 100644
--- a/src/server/ocsigen_request.mli
+++ b/src/server/ocsigen_request.mli
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ val make :
   -> port:int
   -> ssl:bool
   -> filenames:string list ref
-  -> sockaddr:string
+  -> sockaddr:Lwt_unix.sockaddr
   -> body:Cohttp_lwt.Body.t
   -> connection_closed:unit Lwt.t
   -> Cohttp.Request.t