diff --git a/net/private.go b/net/private.go
index ba57f00..c0b6acb 100644
--- a/net/private.go
+++ b/net/private.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package manet
 
 import (
 	"net"
+	"strings"
 
 	ma "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 )
@@ -46,6 +47,35 @@ var unroutableCIDR6 = []string{
 	"ff00::/8",
 }
 
+// unResolvableDomains do not resolve to an IP address.
+// Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special-use_domain_name#Reserved_domain_names
+var unResolvableDomains = []string{
+	// Reverse DNS Lookup
+	".in-addr.arpa",
+	".ip6.arpa",
+
+	// RFC 6761: Users MAY assume that queries for "invalid" names will always return NXDOMAIN
+	// responses
+	".invalid",
+}
+
+// privateUseDomains are reserved for private use and have no central authority for consistent
+// address resolution
+// Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special-use_domain_name#Reserved_domain_names
+var privateUseDomains = []string{
+	// RFC 8375: Reserved for home networks
+	".home.arpa",
+
+	// MDNS
+	".local",
+
+	// RFC 6761: Users may assume that IPv4 and IPv6 address queries for localhost names will
+	// always resolve to the respective IP loopback address
+	".localhost",
+	// RFC 6761: No central authority for .test names
+	".test",
+}
+
 func init() {
 	Private4 = parseCIDR(privateCIDR4)
 	Private6 = parseCIDR(privateCIDR6)
@@ -65,7 +95,8 @@ func parseCIDR(cidrs []string) []*net.IPNet {
 	return ipnets
 }
 
-// IsPublicAddr retruns true if the IP part of the multiaddr is a publicly routable address
+// IsPublicAddr returns true if the IP part of the multiaddr is a publicly routable address
+// or if it's a dns address without a special use domain e.g. .local.
 func IsPublicAddr(a ma.Multiaddr) bool {
 	isPublic := false
 	ma.ForEach(a, func(c ma.Component) bool {
@@ -78,6 +109,21 @@ func IsPublicAddr(a ma.Multiaddr) bool {
 		case ma.P_IP6:
 			ip := net.IP(c.RawValue())
 			isPublic = !inAddrRange(ip, Private6) && !inAddrRange(ip, Unroutable6)
+		case ma.P_DNS, ma.P_DNS4, ma.P_DNS6, ma.P_DNSADDR:
+			dnsAddr := c.Value()
+			isPublic = true
+			for _, ud := range unResolvableDomains {
+				if strings.HasSuffix(dnsAddr, ud) {
+					isPublic = false
+					return false
+				}
+			}
+			for _, pd := range privateUseDomains {
+				if strings.HasSuffix(dnsAddr, pd) {
+					isPublic = false
+					break
+				}
+			}
 		}
 		return false
 	})
diff --git a/net/private_test.go b/net/private_test.go
index a4380a5..04e1ddb 100644
--- a/net/private_test.go
+++ b/net/private_test.go
@@ -1,48 +1,59 @@
 package manet
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	ma "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 )
 
 func TestIsPublicAddr(t *testing.T) {
-	a, err := ma.NewMultiaddr("/ip4/192.168.1.1/tcp/80")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if IsPublicAddr(a) {
-		t.Fatal("192.168.1.1 is not a public address!")
-	}
-
-	if !IsPrivateAddr(a) {
-		t.Fatal("192.168.1.1 is a private address!")
-	}
-
-	a, err = ma.NewMultiaddr("/ip4/1.1.1.1/tcp/80")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if !IsPublicAddr(a) {
-		t.Fatal("1.1.1.1 is a public address!")
-	}
-
-	if IsPrivateAddr(a) {
-		t.Fatal("1.1.1.1 is not a private address!")
-	}
-
-	a, err = ma.NewMultiaddr("/tcp/80/ip4/1.1.1.1")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if IsPublicAddr(a) {
-		t.Fatal("shouldn't consider an address that starts with /tcp/ as *public*")
-	}
-
-	if IsPrivateAddr(a) {
-		t.Fatal("shouldn't consider an address that starts with /tcp/ as *private*")
+	tests := []struct {
+		addr      ma.Multiaddr
+		isPublic  bool
+		isPrivate bool
+	}{
+		{
+			addr:      ma.StringCast("/ip4/192.168.1.1/tcp/80"),
+			isPublic:  false,
+			isPrivate: true,
+		},
+		{
+			addr:      ma.StringCast("/ip4/1.1.1.1/tcp/80"),
+			isPublic:  true,
+			isPrivate: false,
+		},
+		{
+			addr:      ma.StringCast("/tcp/80/ip4/1.1.1.1"),
+			isPublic:  false,
+			isPrivate: false,
+		},
+		{
+			addr:      ma.StringCast("/dns/node.libp2p.io/udp/1/quic-v1"),
+			isPublic:  true,
+			isPrivate: false,
+		},
+		{
+			addr:      ma.StringCast("/dnsaddr/node.libp2p.io/udp/1/quic-v1"),
+			isPublic:  true,
+			isPrivate: false,
+		},
+		{
+			addr:      ma.StringCast("/dns/node.libp2p.local/udp/1/quic-v1"),
+			isPublic:  false,
+			isPrivate: false, // You can configure .local domains in local networks to return public addrs
+		},
+	}
+	for i, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
+			isPublic := IsPublicAddr(tt.addr)
+			isPrivate := IsPrivateAddr(tt.addr)
+			if isPublic != tt.isPublic {
+				t.Errorf("IsPublicAddr check failed for %s: expected %t, got %t", tt.addr, tt.isPublic, isPublic)
+			}
+			if isPrivate != tt.isPrivate {
+				t.Errorf("IsPrivateAddr check failed for %s: expected %t, got %t", tt.addr, tt.isPrivate, isPrivate)
+			}
+		})
 	}
 }