diff --git a/quinn/Cargo.toml b/quinn/Cargo.toml
index f7eb4c315..b6e266319 100644
--- a/quinn/Cargo.toml
+++ b/quinn/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ libc = "0.2.69"
 mio = { version = "0.7.7", features = ["net"] }
 proto = { package = "quinn-proto", path = "../quinn-proto", version = "0.6.1" }
 rustls = { version = "0.19", features = ["quic"], optional = true }
+socket2 = "0.3"
 thiserror = "1.0.21"
 tracing = "0.1.10"
 tokio = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["net", "rt", "rt-multi-thread", "time"] }
diff --git a/quinn/src/platform/unix.rs b/quinn/src/platform/unix.rs
index 95ec7716e..f3e000a35 100644
--- a/quinn/src/platform/unix.rs
+++ b/quinn/src/platform/unix.rs
@@ -198,9 +198,25 @@ fn send(io: &mio::net::UdpSocket, transmits: &[Transmit]) -> io::Result<usize> {
     let mut msgs: [libc::mmsghdr; BATCH_SIZE] = unsafe { mem::zeroed() };
     let mut iovecs: [libc::iovec; BATCH_SIZE] = unsafe { mem::zeroed() };
     let mut cmsgs = [cmsg::Aligned([0u8; CMSG_LEN]); BATCH_SIZE];
+    // This assume_init looks a bit weird because one might think it
+    // assumes the SockAddr data to be initialized, but that call
+    // refers to the whole array, which itself is made up of MaybeUninit
+    // containers. Their presence protects the SockAddr inside from
+    // being assumed as initialized by the assume_init call.
+    // TODO: Replace this with uninit_array once it becomes MSRV-stable
+    let mut addrs: [MaybeUninit<socket2::SockAddr>; BATCH_SIZE] =
+        unsafe { MaybeUninit::uninit().assume_init() };
     for (i, transmit) in transmits.iter().enumerate().take(BATCH_SIZE) {
+        let dst_addr = unsafe {
+            std::ptr::write(
+                addrs[i].as_mut_ptr(),
+                socket2::SockAddr::from(transmit.destination),
+            );
+            &*addrs[i].as_ptr()
+        };
         prepare_msg(
             transmit,
+            dst_addr,
             &mut msgs[i].msg_hdr,
             &mut iovecs[i],
             &mut cmsgs[i],
@@ -233,7 +249,8 @@ fn send(io: &mio::net::UdpSocket, transmits: &[Transmit]) -> io::Result<usize> {
     let mut ctrl = cmsg::Aligned([0u8; CMSG_LEN]);
     let mut sent = 0;
     while sent < transmits.len() {
-        prepare_msg(&transmits[sent], &mut hdr, &mut iov, &mut ctrl);
+        let addr = socket2::SockAddr::from(transmits[sent].destination);
+        prepare_msg(&transmits[sent], &addr, &mut hdr, &mut iov, &mut ctrl);
         let n = unsafe { libc::sendmsg(io.as_raw_fd(), &hdr, 0) };
         if n == -1 {
             let e = io::Error::last_os_error();
@@ -334,6 +351,7 @@ const CMSG_LEN: usize = 80;
 
 fn prepare_msg(
     transmit: &Transmit,
+    dst_addr: &socket2::SockAddr,
     hdr: &mut libc::msghdr,
     iov: &mut libc::iovec,
     ctrl: &mut cmsg::Aligned<[u8; CMSG_LEN]>,
@@ -341,12 +359,15 @@ fn prepare_msg(
     iov.iov_base = transmit.contents.as_ptr() as *const _ as *mut _;
     iov.iov_len = transmit.contents.len();
 
-    let (name, namelen) = match transmit.destination {
-        SocketAddr::V4(ref addr) => (addr as *const _ as _, mem::size_of::<libc::sockaddr_in>()),
-        SocketAddr::V6(ref addr) => (addr as *const _ as _, mem::size_of::<libc::sockaddr_in6>()),
-    };
-    hdr.msg_name = name;
-    hdr.msg_namelen = namelen as _;
+    // SAFETY: Casting the pointer to a mutable one is legal,
+    // as sendmsg is guaranteed to not alter the mutable pointer
+    // as per the POSIX spec. See the section on the sys/socket.h
+    // header for details. The type is only mutable in the first
+    // place because it is reused by recvmsg as well.
+    let name = dst_addr.as_ptr() as *mut libc::c_void;
+    let namelen = dst_addr.len();
+    hdr.msg_name = name as *mut _;
+    hdr.msg_namelen = namelen;
     hdr.msg_iov = iov;
     hdr.msg_iovlen = 1;