diff --git a/lib/hostip6.c b/lib/hostip6.c
index ce58e64d0..0c5eaa03c 100644
--- a/lib/hostip6.c
+++ b/lib/hostip6.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2005, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #include "share.h"
 #include "strerror.h"
 #include "url.h"
+#include "inet_pton.h"
 
 #define _MPRINTF_REPLACE /* use our functions only */
 #include <curl/mprintf.h>