diff -r a9d43e21f7d8 Lib/logging/handlers.py
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py	Sat May 19 08:12:00 2012 +0800
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py	Sat May 19 12:28:09 2012 +0400
@@ -462,10 +462,13 @@
         A factory method which allows subclasses to define the precise
         type of socket they want.
         """
-        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.address_family, _, _, _, self.address = socket.getaddrinfo(
+            self.host, self.port, socket.AF_UNSPEC, socket.SOCK_STREAM
+        )[0]
+        s = socket.socket(self.address_family, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
         if hasattr(s, 'settimeout'):
             s.settimeout(timeout)
-        s.connect((self.host, self.port))
+        s.connect(self.address)
         return s
 
     def createSocket(self):
@@ -610,7 +613,10 @@
         The factory method of SocketHandler is here overridden to create
         a UDP socket (SOCK_DGRAM).
         """
-        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        self.address_family, _, _, _, self.address = socket.getaddrinfo(
+            self.host, self.port, socket.AF_UNSPEC, socket.SOCK_DGRAM
+        )[0]
+        s = socket.socket(self.address_family, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
         return s
 
     def send(self, s):
@@ -623,7 +629,7 @@
         """
         if self.sock is None:
             self.createSocket()
-        self.sock.sendto(s, (self.host, self.port))
+        self.sock.sendto(s, self.address)
 
 class SysLogHandler(logging.Handler):
     """
@@ -739,7 +745,6 @@
         """
         logging.Handler.__init__(self)
 
-        self.address = address
         self.facility = facility
         self.socktype = socktype
 
@@ -748,10 +753,14 @@
             self._connect_unixsocket(address)
         else:
             self.unixsocket = 0
-            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socktype)
+            address_family, _, _, _, address = socket.getaddrinfo(
+                address[0], address[1], socket.AF_UNSPEC, socktype
+            )[0]
+            self.socket = socket.socket(address_family, socktype)
             if socktype == socket.SOCK_STREAM:
                 self.socket.connect(address)
         self.formatter = None
+        self.address = address
 
     def _connect_unixsocket(self, address):
         self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)