diff --git a/lib/getenv.c b/lib/getenv.c
index 941ee8535..1a34f57f7 100644
--- a/lib/getenv.c
+++ b/lib/getenv.c
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef VMS
+#include <unixlib.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef MALLOCDEBUG
 #include "memdebug.h"
 #endif
@@ -43,9 +47,17 @@ char *GetEnv(char *variable)
   env[0] = '\0';
   if (temp != NULL)
     ExpandEnvironmentStrings(temp, env, sizeof(env));
+#else
+#ifdef	VMS
+  char *env = getenv(variable);
+  if (env && strcmp("HOME",variable) == 0) {
+	env = decc$translate_vms(env);
+  }
+/*  printf ("Getenv: %s=%s\n",variable,env); */
 #else
   /* no length control */
   char *env = getenv(variable);
+#endif
 #endif
   return (env && env[0])?strdup(env):NULL;
 }
diff --git a/lib/hostip.c b/lib/hostip.c
index 5a4a0eb77..9d2119f0d 100644
--- a/lib/hostip.c
+++ b/lib/hostip.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #define _REENTRANT
 
+
 #if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
 #include <winsock.h>
 #else
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_ARPA_INET_H
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef	VMS
+#include <inet.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #include "urldata.h"