diff --git a/internal/netxlite/quic.go b/internal/netxlite/quic.go
index a6d1ec1..86a44e6 100644
--- a/internal/netxlite/quic.go
+++ b/internal/netxlite/quic.go
@@ -94,6 +94,29 @@ var _ model.QUICDialer = &quicDialerQUICGo{}
 // ErrInvalidIP indicates that a string is not a valid IP.
 var ErrInvalidIP = errors.New("netxlite: invalid IP")
 
+// ParseUDPAddr maps the string representation of an UDP endpoint to the
+// corresponding *net.UDPAddr representation.
+func ParseUDPAddr(address string) (*net.UDPAddr, error) {
+	addr, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	ipAddr := net.ParseIP(addr)
+	if ipAddr == nil {
+		return nil, ErrInvalidIP
+	}
+	dport, err := strconv.Atoi(port)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	udpAddr := &net.UDPAddr{
+		IP:   ipAddr,
+		Port: dport,
+		Zone: "",
+	}
+	return udpAddr, nil
+}
+
 // DialContext implements QUICDialer.DialContext. This function will
 // apply the following TLS defaults:
 //
@@ -105,24 +128,15 @@ var ErrInvalidIP = errors.New("netxlite: invalid IP")
 func (d *quicDialerQUICGo) DialContext(ctx context.Context, network string,
 	address string, tlsConfig *tls.Config, quicConfig *quic.Config) (
 	quic.EarlyConnection, error) {
-	onlyhost, onlyport, err := net.SplitHostPort(address)
+	udpAddr, err := ParseUDPAddr(address)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	port, err := strconv.Atoi(onlyport)
+	pconn, err := d.QUICListener.Listen(&net.UDPAddr{IP: net.IPv4zero, Port: 0, Zone: ""})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	ip := net.ParseIP(onlyhost)
-	if ip == nil {
-		return nil, ErrInvalidIP
-	}
-	pconn, err := d.QUICListener.Listen(&net.UDPAddr{IP: net.IPv4zero, Port: 0})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	udpAddr := &net.UDPAddr{IP: ip, Port: port, Zone: ""}
-	tlsConfig = d.maybeApplyTLSDefaults(tlsConfig, port)
+	tlsConfig = d.maybeApplyTLSDefaults(tlsConfig, udpAddr.Port)
 	qconn, err := d.dialEarlyContext(
 		ctx, pconn, udpAddr, address, tlsConfig, quicConfig)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/netxlite/quic_test.go b/internal/netxlite/quic_test.go
index b512e92..f974911 100644
--- a/internal/netxlite/quic_test.go
+++ b/internal/netxlite/quic_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,54 @@ func TestNewQUICDialer(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestParseUDPAddr(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("cannot split host and port", func(t *testing.T) {
+		addr, err := ParseUDPAddr("1.2.3.4")
+		if err == nil || !strings.HasSuffix(err.Error(), "missing port in address") {
+			t.Fatal("unexpected error", err)
+		}
+		if addr != nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected nil addr")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("with invalid IP addr", func(t *testing.T) {
+		addr, err := ParseUDPAddr("www.google.com:80")
+		if !errors.Is(err, ErrInvalidIP) {
+			t.Fatal("unexpected error", err)
+		}
+		if addr != nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected nil addr")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("with invalid port", func(t *testing.T) {
+		addr, err := ParseUDPAddr("8.8.8.8:www")
+		if err == nil || !strings.HasSuffix(err.Error(), "invalid syntax") {
+			t.Fatal("unexpected error", err)
+		}
+		if addr != nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected nil addr")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("with valid input", func(t *testing.T) {
+		addr, err := ParseUDPAddr("8.8.8.8:80")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if addr.IP.String() != "8.8.8.8" {
+			t.Fatal("invalid IP")
+		}
+		if addr.Port != 80 {
+			t.Fatal("invalid port")
+		}
+		if addr.Zone != "" {
+			t.Fatal("invalid zone")
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func TestQUICDialerQUICGo(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("DialContext", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("cannot split host port", func(t *testing.T) {