1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c
index 2b2fc8304dc..9a1012094dd 100644
--- a/src/process.c
+++ b/src/process.c
@@ -1448,8 +1448,13 @@ Fourth arg SERVICE is name of the service desired, or an integer\n\
       host_info.h_name = 0;
       host_info.h_aliases = 0;
       host_info.h_addrtype = AF_INET;
-      host_info.h_addr_list  =  &(addr_list[0]);
-      addr_list[0] = (char*)(&numeric_addr);
+#ifdef h_addr
+      /* Older machines have only one address slot called h_addr.
+         Newer machines have h_addr_list, but #define h_addr to
+         be its first element.  */
+      host_info.h_addr_list = &(addr_list[0]);
+#endif
+      host_info.h_addr = (char*)(&numeric_addr);
       addr_list[1] = 0;
       host_info.h_length = strlen (addr_list[0]);
     }