diff --git a/include/opendht/dhtrunner.h b/include/opendht/dhtrunner.h
index 882f3f92..0fdcf8d0 100644
--- a/include/opendht/dhtrunner.h
+++ b/include/opendht/dhtrunner.h
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ public:
     std::string getRoutingTablesLog(sa_family_t af) const;
     std::string getSearchesLog(sa_family_t af = AF_UNSPEC) const;
     std::string getSearchLog(const InfoHash&, sa_family_t af = AF_UNSPEC) const;
-    std::vector<SockAddr> getPublicAddress(sa_family_t af = AF_UNSPEC);
-    std::vector<std::string> getPublicAddressStr(sa_family_t af = AF_UNSPEC);
+    std::vector<SockAddr> getPublicAddress(sa_family_t af = AF_UNSPEC) const;
+    std::vector<std::string> getPublicAddressStr(sa_family_t af = AF_UNSPEC) const;
     void getPublicAddress(std::function<void(std::vector<SockAddr>&&)>, sa_family_t af = AF_UNSPEC);
 
     // securedht methods
diff --git a/src/dhtrunner.cpp b/src/dhtrunner.cpp
index c40ea491..aa6af003 100644
--- a/src/dhtrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/dhtrunner.cpp
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ DhtRunner::getSearchLog(const InfoHash& f, sa_family_t af) const
     return dht_->getSearchLog(f, af);
 }
 std::vector<SockAddr>
-DhtRunner::getPublicAddress(sa_family_t af)
+DhtRunner::getPublicAddress(sa_family_t af) const
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lck(dht_mtx);
     if (dht_)
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ DhtRunner::getPublicAddress(sa_family_t af)
     return {};
 }
 std::vector<std::string>
-DhtRunner::getPublicAddressStr(sa_family_t af)
+DhtRunner::getPublicAddressStr(sa_family_t af) const
 {
     auto addrs = getPublicAddress(af);
     std::vector<std::string> ret(addrs.size());