diff --git a/lib/connect.c b/lib/connect.c
index 4da03a1bc..b97c9da90 100644
--- a/lib/connect.c
+++ b/lib/connect.c
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_connecthost(struct connectdata *conn,  /* context */
   /*
    * Connecting with IPv4-only support
    */
-  if(!remotehost->h_addr_list[0]) {
+  if(!remotehost->addr->h_addr_list[0]) {
     /* If there is no addresses in the address list, then we return
        error right away */
     failf(data, "no address available");
@@ -603,16 +603,16 @@ CURLcode Curl_connecthost(struct connectdata *conn,  /* context */
   /* This is the loop that attempts to connect to all IP-addresses we
      know for the given host. One by one. */
   for(rc=-1, aliasindex=0;
-      rc && (struct in_addr *)remotehost->h_addr_list[aliasindex];
+      rc && (struct in_addr *)remotehost->addr->h_addr_list[aliasindex];
       aliasindex++) {
     struct sockaddr_in serv_addr;
 
     /* do this nasty work to do the connect */
     memset((char *) &serv_addr, '\0', sizeof(serv_addr));
     memcpy((char *)&(serv_addr.sin_addr),
-           (struct in_addr *)remotehost->h_addr_list[aliasindex],
+           (struct in_addr *)remotehost->addr->h_addr_list[aliasindex],
            sizeof(struct in_addr));
-    serv_addr.sin_family = remotehost->h_addrtype;
+    serv_addr.sin_family = remotehost->addr->h_addrtype;
     serv_addr.sin_port = htons((unsigned short)port);
   
     rc = connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&serv_addr,
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_connecthost(struct connectdata *conn,  /* context */
 
   if(addr)
     /* this is the address we've connected to */
-    *addr = (struct in_addr *)remotehost->h_addr_list[aliasindex];
+    *addr = (struct in_addr *)remotehost->addr->h_addr_list[aliasindex];
 #endif
 
   /* allow NULL-pointers to get passed in */
diff --git a/lib/ftp.c b/lib/ftp.c
index 9e7e3a7d6..5dd38771d 100644
--- a/lib/ftp.c
+++ b/lib/ftp.c
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ CURLcode ftp_use_port(struct connectdata *conn)
    *
    */
   struct sockaddr_in sa;
-  struct hostent *h=NULL;
+  struct Curl_dns_entry *h=NULL;
   unsigned short porttouse;
   char myhost[256] = "";
   bool sa_filled_in = FALSE;
@@ -1229,8 +1229,8 @@ CURLcode ftp_use_port(struct connectdata *conn)
       if(!sa_filled_in) {
         memset((char *)&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
         memcpy((char *)&sa.sin_addr,
-               h->h_addr,
-               h->h_length);
+               h->addr->h_addr,
+               h->addr->h_length);
         sa.sin_family = AF_INET;
         sa.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
       }
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ CURLcode ftp_use_port(struct connectdata *conn)
     struct in_addr in;
     unsigned short ip[5];
     (void) memcpy(&in.s_addr,
-                  h?*h->h_addr_list:(char *)&sa.sin_addr.s_addr,
+                  h?*h->addr->h_addr_list:(char *)&sa.sin_addr.s_addr,
                   sizeof (in.s_addr));
 
 #ifdef HAVE_INET_NTOA_R
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 45a79b16f..817bb6d56 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ static CURLcode ConnectPlease(struct connectdata *conn,
     memset((char *) &conn->serv_addr, '\0', sizeof(conn->serv_addr));
     memcpy((char *)&(conn->serv_addr.sin_addr),
            (struct in_addr *)addr, sizeof(struct in_addr));
-    conn->serv_addr.sin_family = hostaddr->h_addrtype;
+    conn->serv_addr.sin_family = hostaddr->addr->h_addrtype;
     conn->serv_addr.sin_port = htons((unsigned short)conn->port);
 #endif