diff --git a/paramiko/channel.py b/paramiko/channel.py
index 9d2f76b..6eca4bc 100644
--- a/paramiko/channel.py
+++ b/paramiko/channel.py
@@ -433,6 +433,18 @@ class Channel (object):
         else:
             self.settimeout(0.0)
 
+    def getpeername(self):
+        """
+        Return the address of the remote side of this Channel, if possible.
+        This is just a wrapper around C{'getpeername'} on the Transport, used
+        to provide enough of a socket-like interface to allow asyncore to work.
+        (asyncore likes to call C{'getpeername'}.)
+
+        @return: the address if the remote host, if known
+        @rtype: tuple(str, int)
+        """
+        return self.transport.getpeername()
+
     def close(self):
         """
         Close the channel.  All future read/write operations on the channel
diff --git a/paramiko/transport.py b/paramiko/transport.py
index d646b5a..e65f61f 100644
--- a/paramiko/transport.py
+++ b/paramiko/transport.py
@@ -1210,6 +1210,21 @@ class Transport (threading.Thread):
             self._preferred_compression = ( 'zlib@openssh.com', 'zlib', 'none' )
         else:
             self._preferred_compression = ( 'none', )
+    
+    def getpeername(self):
+        """
+        Return the address of the remote side of this Transport, if possible.
+        This is effectively a wrapper around C{'getpeername'} on the underlying
+        socket.  If the socket-like object has no C{'getpeername'} method,
+        then C{("unknown", 0)} is returned.
+        
+        @return: the address if the remote host, if known
+        @rtype: tuple(str, int)
+        """
+        gp = getattr(self.sock, 'getpeername', None)
+        if gp is None:
+            return ('unknown', 0)
+        return gp()
 
     def stop_thread(self):
         self.active = False