diff --git a/lib/if2ip.c b/lib/if2ip.c
index 5975a3ad2..988e5924a 100644
--- a/lib/if2ip.c
+++ b/lib/if2ip.c
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
-#if ! defined(WIN32) && ! defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__CYGWIN32__)
+#if ! defined(WIN32) && ! defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__CYGWIN32__) && \
+    ! defined(__riscos__)
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H
 #include <sys/socket.h>
diff --git a/lib/if2ip.h b/lib/if2ip.h
index fdcb60b48..34f9a5111 100644
--- a/lib/if2ip.h
+++ b/lib/if2ip.h
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
  ***************************************************************************/
 #include "setup.h"
 
-#if ! defined(WIN32) && ! defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__CYGWIN32__)
+#if ! defined(WIN32) && ! defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__CYGWIN32__) && \
+    ! defined(__riscos__)
 extern char *Curl_if2ip(char *interface, char *buf, int buf_size);
 #else
 #define Curl_if2ip(a,b,c) NULL