diff --git a/docs/docs/api/BalancedPool.md b/docs/docs/api/BalancedPool.md
index df267fe7270..6d635a442d2 100644
--- a/docs/docs/api/BalancedPool.md
+++ b/docs/docs/api/BalancedPool.md
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Extends: [`PoolOptions`](/docs/docs/api/Pool.md#parameter-pooloptions)
 * **factory** `(origin: URL, opts: Object) => Dispatcher` - Default: `(origin, opts) => new Pool(origin, opts)`
 
 The `PoolOptions` are passed to each of the `Pool` instances being created.
+
+When an upstream hostname resolves to multiple DNS records, `BalancedPool`
+resolves the hostname lazily at connect time and rotates new connections across
+the resolved addresses. Requests continue to use the original hostname for
+`Host` headers and TLS `servername`.
 ## Instance Properties
 
 ### `BalancedPool.upstreams`
diff --git a/lib/dispatcher/balanced-pool.js b/lib/dispatcher/balanced-pool.js
index fa0fa97288e..bf10c3832fe 100644
--- a/lib/dispatcher/balanced-pool.js
+++ b/lib/dispatcher/balanced-pool.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
+const dns = require('node:dns')
+const { isIP } = require('node:net')
 const {
   BalancedPoolMissingUpstreamError,
   InvalidArgumentError
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ const {
   kGetDispatcher
 } = require('./pool-base')
 const Pool = require('./pool')
+const buildConnector = require('../core/connect')
 const { kUrl } = require('../core/symbols')
 const util = require('../core/util')
 const kFactory = Symbol('factory')
@@ -48,6 +51,69 @@ function defaultFactory (origin, opts) {
   return new Pool(origin, opts)
 }
 
+function buildDnsBalancedConnector (origin, opts) {
+  const {
+    connect,
+    connectTimeout,
+    tls,
+    maxCachedSessions,
+    socketPath,
+    autoSelectFamily,
+    autoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout,
+    allowH2
+  } = opts
+
+  const connector = typeof connect === 'function'
+    ? connect
+    : buildConnector({
+      ...tls,
+      maxCachedSessions,
+      allowH2,
+      socketPath,
+      timeout: connectTimeout,
+      ...(typeof autoSelectFamily === 'boolean' ? { autoSelectFamily, autoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout } : undefined),
+      ...connect
+    })
+
+  let offset = -1
+
+  return function dnsBalancedConnector (connectOpts, callback) {
+    dns.lookup(origin.hostname, { all: true, order: 'ipv4first' }, (err, addresses) => {
+      if (err) {
+        callback(err)
+        return
+      }
+
+      const uniqueAddresses = []
+      const seen = new Set()
+
+      for (const address of addresses) {
+        const key = `${address.address}:${address.family}`
+        if (seen.has(key)) {
+          continue
+        }
+
+        seen.add(key)
+        uniqueAddresses.push(address)
+      }
+
+      if (uniqueAddresses.length === 0) {
+        callback(new Error(`No DNS entries found for ${origin.hostname}`))
+        return
+      }
+
+      offset = (offset + 1) % uniqueAddresses.length
+      const address = uniqueAddresses[offset]
+
+      connector({
+        ...connectOpts,
+        hostname: address.address,
+        servername: connectOpts.servername ?? origin.hostname
+      }, callback)
+    })
+  }
+}
+
 class BalancedPool extends PoolBase {
   constructor (upstreams = [], { factory = defaultFactory, ...opts } = {}) {
     if (typeof factory !== 'function') {
@@ -57,6 +123,7 @@ class BalancedPool extends PoolBase {
     super()
 
     this[kOptions] = { ...util.deepClone(opts) }
+    this[kOptions].connect = opts.connect
     this[kOptions].interceptors = opts.interceptors
       ? { ...opts.interceptors }
       : undefined
@@ -79,7 +146,8 @@ class BalancedPool extends PoolBase {
   }
 
   addUpstream (upstream) {
-    const upstreamOrigin = util.parseOrigin(upstream).origin
+    const upstreamUrl = util.parseOrigin(upstream)
+    const upstreamOrigin = upstreamUrl.origin
 
     if (this[kClients].find((pool) => (
       pool[kUrl].origin === upstreamOrigin &&
@@ -88,7 +156,15 @@ class BalancedPool extends PoolBase {
     ))) {
       return this
     }
-    const pool = this[kFactory](upstreamOrigin, this[kOptions])
+
+    const poolOptions = isIP(upstreamUrl.hostname) === 0
+      ? {
+          ...this[kOptions],
+          connect: buildDnsBalancedConnector(upstreamUrl, this[kOptions])
+        }
+      : this[kOptions]
+
+    const pool = this[kFactory](upstreamOrigin, poolOptions)
 
     this[kAddClient](pool)
     pool.on('connect', () => {
diff --git a/test/node-test/balanced-pool.js b/test/node-test/balanced-pool.js
index 055c6f909b3..d453020bdf3 100644
--- a/test/node-test/balanced-pool.js
+++ b/test/node-test/balanced-pool.js
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 'use strict'
 
+const dns = require('node:dns')
 const { describe, test } = require('node:test')
 const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
 const { BalancedPool, Pool, Client, errors } = require('../..')
+const buildConnector = require('../../lib/core/connect')
 const { createServer } = require('node:http')
 const { promisify } = require('node:util')
 const { tspl } = require('@matteo.collina/tspl')
+const { kNeedDrain, kGetDispatcher } = require('../../lib/dispatcher/pool-base')
 
 test('throws when factory is not a function', (t) => {
   const p = tspl(t, { plan: 2 })
@@ -298,6 +301,194 @@ test('getUpstream returns undefined for closed/destroyed upstream', (t) => {
   p.strictEqual(result, undefined)
 })
 
+test('should balance hostname upstreams across resolved dns records', async (t) => {
+  const p = tspl(t, { plan: 13 })
+
+  const hostnames = []
+  const hosts = []
+  const server = createServer({ joinDuplicateHeaders: true }, (req, res) => {
+    hosts.push(req.headers.host)
+    res.setHeader('content-type', 'text/plain')
+    res.end('hello')
+  })
+  t.after(server.close.bind(server))
+
+  await promisify(server.listen).call(server, 0)
+
+  const originalLookup = dns.lookup
+  dns.lookup = function lookup (hostname, options, callback) {
+    if (hostname !== 'service.local') {
+      return originalLookup.call(this, hostname, options, callback)
+    }
+
+    queueMicrotask(() => {
+      callback(null, [
+        { address: '127.0.0.1', family: 4 },
+        { address: '127.0.0.2', family: 4 }
+      ])
+    })
+  }
+  t.after(() => {
+    dns.lookup = originalLookup
+  })
+
+  const connect = buildConnector({})
+  const client = new BalancedPool(`http://service.local:${server.address().port}`, {
+    connections: 2,
+    pipelining: 1,
+    connect (opts, callback) {
+      hostnames.push(opts.hostname)
+      connect({ ...opts, hostname: '127.0.0.1' }, callback)
+    }
+  })
+  t.after(client.destroy.bind(client))
+
+  const responses = await Promise.all([
+    client.request({ path: '/', method: 'GET' }),
+    client.request({ path: '/', method: 'GET' })
+  ])
+
+  for (const { statusCode, headers, body } of responses) {
+    p.strictEqual(statusCode, 200)
+    p.strictEqual(headers['content-type'], 'text/plain')
+    p.strictEqual(await body.text(), 'hello')
+  }
+
+  p.deepStrictEqual(client.upstreams, [`http://service.local:${server.address().port}`])
+  p.strictEqual(hosts.length, 2)
+  p.strictEqual(hosts[0], `service.local:${server.address().port}`)
+  p.strictEqual(hosts[1], `service.local:${server.address().port}`)
+  p.strictEqual(hostnames.length, 2)
+  p.ok(hostnames.includes('127.0.0.1'))
+  p.ok(hostnames.includes('127.0.0.2'))
+})
+
+test('should propagate dns lookup errors for hostname upstreams', async (t) => {
+  const p = tspl(t, { plan: 2 })
+
+  const originalLookup = dns.lookup
+  dns.lookup = function lookup (hostname, options, callback) {
+    if (hostname !== 'service.local') {
+      return originalLookup.call(this, hostname, options, callback)
+    }
+
+    queueMicrotask(() => {
+      callback(new Error('lookup failed'))
+    })
+  }
+  t.after(() => {
+    dns.lookup = originalLookup
+  })
+
+  const client = new BalancedPool('http://service.local:1')
+  t.after(client.destroy.bind(client))
+
+  try {
+    await client.request({ path: '/', method: 'GET' })
+  } catch (err) {
+    p.strictEqual(err.message, 'lookup failed')
+    p.strictEqual(err.code, undefined)
+  }
+})
+
+test('should ignore duplicate dns records for hostname upstreams', async (t) => {
+  const p = tspl(t, { plan: 7 })
+
+  const hostnames = []
+  const server = createServer({ joinDuplicateHeaders: true }, (req, res) => {
+    res.end('ok')
+  })
+  t.after(server.close.bind(server))
+
+  await promisify(server.listen).call(server, 0)
+
+  const originalLookup = dns.lookup
+  dns.lookup = function lookup (hostname, options, callback) {
+    if (hostname !== 'service.local') {
+      return originalLookup.call(this, hostname, options, callback)
+    }
+
+    queueMicrotask(() => {
+      callback(null, [
+        { address: '127.0.0.1', family: 4 },
+        { address: '127.0.0.1', family: 4 },
+        { address: '127.0.0.2', family: 4 }
+      ])
+    })
+  }
+  t.after(() => {
+    dns.lookup = originalLookup
+  })
+
+  const connect = buildConnector({})
+  const client = new BalancedPool(`http://service.local:${server.address().port}`, {
+    connections: 3,
+    pipelining: 1,
+    connect (opts, callback) {
+      hostnames.push(opts.hostname)
+      connect({ ...opts, hostname: '127.0.0.1' }, callback)
+    }
+  })
+  t.after(client.destroy.bind(client))
+
+  const responses = await Promise.all([
+    client.request({ path: '/', method: 'GET' }),
+    client.request({ path: '/', method: 'GET' }),
+    client.request({ path: '/', method: 'GET' })
+  ])
+
+  for (const response of responses) {
+    p.strictEqual(await response.body.text(), 'ok')
+  }
+
+  p.strictEqual(hostnames.length, 3)
+  p.strictEqual(hostnames[0], '127.0.0.1')
+  p.strictEqual(hostnames[1], '127.0.0.2')
+  p.strictEqual(hostnames[2], '127.0.0.1')
+})
+
+test('should fail when dns lookup returns no records for hostname upstreams', async (t) => {
+  const p = tspl(t, { plan: 1 })
+
+  const originalLookup = dns.lookup
+  dns.lookup = function lookup (hostname, options, callback) {
+    if (hostname !== 'service.local') {
+      return originalLookup.call(this, hostname, options, callback)
+    }
+
+    queueMicrotask(() => {
+      callback(null, [])
+    })
+  }
+  t.after(() => {
+    dns.lookup = originalLookup
+  })
+
+  const client = new BalancedPool('http://service.local:1')
+  t.after(client.destroy.bind(client))
+
+  await assert.rejects(client.request({ path: '/', method: 'GET' }), {
+    message: 'No DNS entries found for service.local'
+  })
+  p.ok(true)
+})
+
+test('should return no dispatcher when all upstreams become busy', () => {
+  const pool = new BalancedPool()
+  const upstream = pool.addUpstream('http://localhost:3001').getUpstream('http://localhost:3001')
+
+  let accesses = 0
+  Object.defineProperty(upstream, kNeedDrain, {
+    configurable: true,
+    get () {
+      accesses++
+      return accesses > 1
+    }
+  })
+
+  assert.strictEqual(pool[kGetDispatcher](), undefined)
+})
+
 class TestServer {
   constructor ({ config: { server, socketHangup, downOnRequests, socketHangupOnRequests }, onRequest }) {
     this.config = {