diff --git a/lib/pure/asyncnet.nim b/lib/pure/asyncnet.nim
index 3fc1a01775..410310e29e 100644
--- a/lib/pure/asyncnet.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/asyncnet.nim
@@ -853,6 +853,60 @@ proc sendTo*(socket: AsyncSocket, address: string, port: Port, data: string,
     else:
       raise newException(IOError, "Couldn't resolve address: " & address)
 
+proc recvFrom*(socket: AsyncSocket, data: FutureVar[string], size: int,
+               address: FutureVar[string], port: FutureVar[Port],
+               flags = {SocketFlag.SafeDisconn}): owned(Future[int])
+              {.async, since: (1, 3).} =
+  ## Receives a datagram data from ``socket`` into ``data``, which must be at
+  ## least of size ``size``. The address and port of datagram's sender will be
+  ## stored into ``address`` and ``port``, respectively. Returned future will
+  ## complete once one datagram has been received, and will return size of
+  ## packet received.
+  ##
+  ## If an error occurs an OSError exception will be raised.
+  ## 
+  ## This proc is normally used with connectionless sockets (UDP sockets).
+  ## 
+  ## **Notes**
+  ## * ``data`` must be initialized to the length of ``size``.
+  ## * ``address`` must be initialized to 46 in length.
+  template adaptRecvFromToDomain(domain: Domain) =
+    var lAddr = sizeof(sAddr).SockLen
+    
+    result = await recvFromInto(AsyncFD(getFd(socket)), cstring(data.mget()), size,
+                                cast[ptr SockAddr](addr sAddr), addr lAddr,
+                                flags)
+    
+    data.mget().setLen(result)
+    data.complete()
+
+    getAddrString(cast[ptr SockAddr](addr sAddr), address.mget())
+    
+    address.complete()
+
+    when domain == AF_INET6:
+      port.complete(ntohs(sAddr.sin6_port).Port)
+    else:
+      port.complete(ntohs(sAddr.sin_port).Port)
+
+  assert(socket.protocol != IPPROTO_TCP,
+         "Cannot `recvFrom` on a TCP socket. Use `recv` or `recvInto` instead")
+  assert(not socket.closed, "Cannot `recvFrom` on a closed socket")
+  assert(size == len(data.mget()),
+         "`date` was not initialized correctly. `size` != `len(data.mget())`")
+  assert(46 == len(address.mget()),
+         "`address` was not initialized correctly. 46 != `len(address.mget())`")
+  
+  case socket.domain
+  of AF_INET6:
+    var sAddr: Sockaddr_in6
+    adaptRecvFromToDomain(AF_INET6)
+  of AF_INET:
+    var sAddr: Sockaddr_in
+    adaptRecvFromToDomain(AF_INET)
+  else:
+    raise newException(ValueError, "Unknown socket address family")
+
 proc recvFrom*(socket: AsyncSocket, size: int,
                flags = {SocketFlag.SafeDisconn}):
               owned(Future[tuple[data: string, address: string, port: Port]])
@@ -865,38 +919,17 @@ proc recvFrom*(socket: AsyncSocket, size: int,
   ## If an error occurs an OSError exception will be raised.
   ## 
   ## This proc is normally used with connectionless sockets (UDP sockets).
-  template adaptRecvFromToDomain(domain: Domain) =
-    var lAddr = sizeof(sAddr).SockLen
-    
-    let fut = await recvFromInto(AsyncFD(getFd(socket)), cstring(data), size,
-                                 cast[ptr SockAddr](addr sAddr), addr lAddr,
-                                 flags)
-    
-    data.setLen(fut)
-    
-    result.data = data
-    result.address = getAddrString(cast[ptr SockAddr](addr sAddr))
-
-    when domain == AF_INET6:
-      result.port = ntohs(sAddr.sin6_port).Port
-    else:
-      result.port = ntohs(sAddr.sin_port).Port
-
-  assert(socket.protocol != IPPROTO_TCP,
-         "Cannot `recvFrom` on a TCP socket. Use `recv` or `recvInto` instead")
-  assert(not socket.closed, "Cannot `recvFrom` on a closed socket")
-
-  var data = newString(size)
+  var
+    data = newFutureVar[string]()
+    address = newFutureVar[string]()
+    port = newFutureVar[Port]()
   
-  case socket.domain
-  of AF_INET6:
-    var sAddr: Sockaddr_in6
-    adaptRecvFromToDomain(AF_INET6)
-  of AF_INET:
-    var sAddr: Sockaddr_in
-    adaptRecvFromToDomain(AF_INET)
-  else:
-    raise newException(ValueError, "Unknown socket address family")
+  data.mget().setLen(size)
+  address.mget().setLen(46)
+  
+  let read = await recvFrom(socket, data, size, address, port, flags)
+
+  result = (data.mget(), address.mget(), port.mget())
 
 when not defined(testing) and isMainModule:
   type
diff --git a/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim b/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim
index 67e24eedca..35a7396b90 100644
--- a/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/nativesockets.nim
@@ -461,6 +461,40 @@ proc getAddrString*(sockAddr: ptr SockAddr): string =
         return "unix"
     raise newException(IOError, "Unknown socket family in getAddrString")
 
+proc getAddrString*(sockAddr: ptr SockAddr, strAddress: var string) =
+  ## Stores in ``strAddress`` the string representation of the address inside
+  ## ``sockAddr``
+  ## 
+  ## **Note**
+  ## * ``strAddress`` must be initialized to 46 in length.
+  assert(46 == len(strAddress),
+         "`strAddress` was not initialized correctly. 46 != `len(strAddress)`")
+  if sockAddr.sa_family.cint == nativeAfInet:
+    let addr4 = addr cast[ptr Sockaddr_in](sockAddr).sin_addr
+    when not useWinVersion:
+      if posix.inet_ntop(posix.AF_INET, addr4, addr strAddress[0],
+                         strAddress.len.int32) == nil:
+        raiseOSError(osLastError())
+    else:
+      if winlean.inet_ntop(winlean.AF_INET, addr4, addr strAddress[0],
+                           strAddress.len.int32) == nil:
+        raiseOSError(osLastError())
+  elif sockAddr.sa_family.cint == nativeAfInet6:
+    let addr6 = addr cast[ptr Sockaddr_in6](sockAddr).sin6_addr
+    when not useWinVersion:
+      if posix.inet_ntop(posix.AF_INET6, addr6, addr strAddress[0],
+                         strAddress.len.int32) == nil:
+        raiseOSError(osLastError())
+      if posix.IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED(addr6) != 0:
+        strAddress = strAddress.substr("::ffff:".len)
+    else:
+      if winlean.inet_ntop(winlean.AF_INET6, addr6, addr strAddress[0],
+                           strAddress.len.int32) == nil:
+        raiseOSError(osLastError())
+  else:
+    raise newException(IOError, "Unknown socket family in getAddrString")
+  setLen(strAddress, len(cstring(strAddress)))
+
 when defined(posix) and not defined(nimdoc):
   proc makeUnixAddr*(path: string): Sockaddr_un =
     result.sun_family = AF_UNIX.TSa_Family