diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/NetworkUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/NetworkUtil.java
index 8e770a7..1bab960 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/NetworkUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/NetworkUtil.java
@@ -190,4 +190,8 @@
         }
         return refreshed;
     }
+
+    public static InetSocketAddress toInetSocketAddress(HttpHost httpHost) {
+        return new InetSocketAddress(httpHost.getAddress(), httpHost.getPort());
+    }
 }