diff --git a/core/commands/swarm.go b/core/commands/swarm.go
index 430869721e93..bf864743ff38 100644
--- a/core/commands/swarm.go
+++ b/core/commands/swarm.go
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"path"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
 
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/commands"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core/commands/cmdenv"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core/commands/e"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/repo"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/repo/fsrepo"
+	commands "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/commands"
+	cmdenv "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core/commands/cmdenv"
+	e "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core/commands/e"
+	repo "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/repo"
+	fsrepo "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/repo/fsrepo"
 
 	"gx/ipfs/QmNUhkTWN7iynJZTj1RcTsQDSRGGkh87zMo9ELypxhY8Y6/go-ipfs-config"
 	"gx/ipfs/QmRRovo1DE6i5cMjCbf19mQCSuszF6SKwdZNUMS7MtBnH1/go-ipfs-cmds"
@@ -24,6 +27,11 @@ import (
 	inet "gx/ipfs/QmXuRkCR7BNQa9uqfpTiFWsTQLzmTWYg91Ja1w95gnqb6u/go-libp2p-net"
 	iaddr "gx/ipfs/QmZc5PLgxW61uTPG24TroxHDF6xzgbhZZQf5i53ciQC47Y/go-ipfs-addr"
 	"gx/ipfs/Qmde5VP1qUkyQXKCfmEUA7bP64V2HAptbJ7phuPp7jXWwg/go-ipfs-cmdkit"
+	madns "gx/ipfs/QmeHJXPqCNzSFbVkYM1uQLuM2L5FyJB9zukQ7EeqRP8ZC9/go-multiaddr-dns"
+)
+
+const (
+	dnsResolveTimeout = 10 * time.Second
 )
 
 type stringList struct {
@@ -460,10 +468,29 @@ func parseAddresses(addrs []string) (iaddrs []iaddr.IPFSAddr, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+// parseMultiaddrs is a function that takes in a slice of peer multiaddr
+// and returns slices of multiaddrs and peerids
+func parseMultiaddrs(maddrs []ma.Multiaddr) (iaddrs []iaddr.IPFSAddr, err error) {
+	iaddrs = make([]iaddr.IPFSAddr, len(maddrs))
+	for i, maddr := range maddrs {
+		iaddrs[i], err = iaddr.ParseMultiaddr(maddr)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, cmds.ClientError("invalid peer address: " + err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 // peersWithAddresses is a function that takes in a slice of string peer addresses
 // (multiaddr + peerid) and returns a slice of properly constructed peers
 func peersWithAddresses(addrs []string) ([]pstore.PeerInfo, error) {
-	iaddrs, err := parseAddresses(addrs)
+	// resolve addresses
+	maddrs, err := resolveAddresses(addrs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	iaddrs, err := parseMultiaddrs(maddrs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -488,6 +515,56 @@ func peersWithAddresses(addrs []string) ([]pstore.PeerInfo, error) {
 	return pis, nil
 }
 
+// resolveAddresses resolves addresses parallelly
+func resolveAddresses(addrs []string) ([]ma.Multiaddr, error) {
+	var maddrs []ma.Multiaddr
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	resolveErrC := make(chan error, len(addrs))
+
+	for _, addr := range addrs {
+		maddr, err := ma.NewMultiaddr(addr)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		// check whether address ends in `ipfs/Qm...`
+		if _, err := maddr.ValueForProtocol(ma.P_IPFS); err != ma.ErrProtocolNotFound {
+			maddrs = append(maddrs, maddr)
+			continue
+		}
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(maddr ma.Multiaddr) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), dnsResolveTimeout)
+			raddrs, err := madns.Resolve(ctx, maddr)
+			cancel()
+			if err != nil {
+				resolveErrC <- err
+				return
+			}
+			if len(raddrs) == 0 {
+				resolveErrC <- fmt.Errorf("non-resolvable multiaddr about %v", maddr)
+				return
+			}
+			// filter out addresses that still doesn't end in `ipfs/Qm...`
+			for _, raddr := range raddrs {
+				if _, err := raddr.ValueForProtocol(ma.P_IPFS); err != ma.ErrProtocolNotFound {
+					maddrs = append(maddrs, raddr)
+				}
+			}
+		}(maddr)
+	}
+	// wait for address resolving
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-resolveErrC:
+		return nil, err
+	default:
+	}
+
+	return maddrs, nil
+}
+
 var swarmFiltersCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmdkit.HelpText{
 		Tagline: "Manipulate address filters.",