diff --git a/u_conn_test.go b/u_conn_test.go
index daec15ed..2ce4b515 100644
--- a/u_conn_test.go
+++ b/u_conn_test.go
@@ -196,6 +196,38 @@ func TestUTLSRemoveSNIExtension(t *testing.T) {
 	runUTLSClientTestForVersion(t, test, "TLSv12-", "-tls1_2", hello, true)
 }
 
+func TestUTLSServerNameIP(t *testing.T) {
+	hello := &helloID{HelloChrome_70}
+
+	config := getUTLSTestConfig()
+	config.ServerName = "1.1.1.1"
+
+	opensslCipherName := "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256"
+	test := &clientTest{
+		name:   "UTLS-" + opensslCipherName + "-" + hello.helloName() + "-ServerNameIP",
+		args:   []string{"-cipher", opensslCipherName},
+		config: config,
+	}
+
+	runUTLSClientTestForVersion(t, test, "TLSv12-", "-tls1_2", hello, true)
+}
+
+func TestUTLSEmptyServerName(t *testing.T) {
+	hello := &helloID{HelloChrome_70}
+
+	config := getUTLSTestConfig()
+	config.ServerName = ""
+
+	opensslCipherName := "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256"
+	test := &clientTest{
+		name:   "UTLS-" + opensslCipherName + "-" + hello.helloName() + "-EmptyServerName",
+		args:   []string{"-cipher", opensslCipherName},
+		config: config,
+	}
+
+	runUTLSClientTestForVersion(t, test, "TLSv12-", "-tls1_2", hello, true)
+}
+
 /*
 *
  HELPER FUNCTIONS BELOW
@@ -212,6 +244,7 @@ func getUTLSTestConfig() *Config {
 		MinVersion:         VersionSSL30,
 		MaxVersion:         VersionTLS13,
 		CipherSuites:       allCipherSuites(),
+		ServerName:         "foobar.com",
 	}
 	return testUTLSConfig
 }
diff --git a/u_tls_extensions.go b/u_tls_extensions.go
index 2e4d0476..4330f36b 100644
--- a/u_tls_extensions.go
+++ b/u_tls_extensions.go
@@ -49,29 +49,43 @@ type SNIExtension struct {
 
 func (e *SNIExtension) writeToUConn(uc *UConn) error {
 	uc.config.ServerName = e.ServerName
-	uc.HandshakeState.Hello.ServerName = e.ServerName
+	hostName := hostnameInSNI(e.ServerName)
+	uc.HandshakeState.Hello.ServerName = hostName
+
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (e *SNIExtension) Len() int {
-	return 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 + len(e.ServerName)
+	// Literal IP addresses, absolute FQDNs, and empty strings are not permitted as SNI values.
+	// See RFC 6066, Section 3.
+	hostName := hostnameInSNI(e.ServerName)
+	if len(hostName) == 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 + len(hostName)
 }
 
 func (e *SNIExtension) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	// Literal IP addresses, absolute FQDNs, and empty strings are not permitted as SNI values.
+	// See RFC 6066, Section 3.
+	hostName := hostnameInSNI(e.ServerName)
+	if len(hostName) == 0 {
+		return 0, io.EOF
+	}
 	if len(b) < e.Len() {
 		return 0, io.ErrShortBuffer
 	}
 	// RFC 3546, section 3.1
 	b[0] = byte(extensionServerName >> 8)
 	b[1] = byte(extensionServerName)
-	b[2] = byte((len(e.ServerName) + 5) >> 8)
-	b[3] = byte((len(e.ServerName) + 5))
-	b[4] = byte((len(e.ServerName) + 3) >> 8)
-	b[5] = byte(len(e.ServerName) + 3)
+	b[2] = byte((len(hostName) + 5) >> 8)
+	b[3] = byte((len(hostName) + 5))
+	b[4] = byte((len(hostName) + 3) >> 8)
+	b[5] = byte(len(hostName) + 3)
 	// b[6] Server Name Type: host_name (0)
-	b[7] = byte(len(e.ServerName) >> 8)
-	b[8] = byte(len(e.ServerName))
-	copy(b[9:], []byte(e.ServerName))
+	b[7] = byte(len(hostName) >> 8)
+	b[8] = byte(len(hostName))
+	copy(b[9:], []byte(hostName))
 	return e.Len(), io.EOF
 }