diff --git a/ruby.rpmlintrc b/ruby.rpmlintrc
index e3f06e0..ae14e7f 100644
--- a/ruby.rpmlintrc
+++ b/ruby.rpmlintrc
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ addFilter(r'^.*: E: non-executable-script /usr/share/gems/gems/(debug|net-(ftp|i
 # Ruby provides API to set the cipher list.
 addFilter(r'^ruby-libs\.\w+: W: crypto-policy-non-compliance-openssl /usr/lib(64)?/ruby/openssl.so SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list$')
 
+# `gethostbyname` is part of deprecated Ruby API. There is also request to drop the API altogether:
+# https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13097
+# https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17944
+addFilter(r'^ruby-libs\.\w+: W: binary-or-shlib-calls-gethostbyname /usr/lib(64)?/ruby/socket.so$')
+
 # Nothing referred and no dependency information should be no problem.
 # https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16558#note-2
 addFilter(r'^ruby-libs\.\w+: E: shared-library-without-dependency-information /usr/lib(64)?/ruby/enc/gb2312.so$')