diff --git a/lib/connect.c b/lib/connect.c
index 125d388d8..9a78f1610 100644
--- a/lib/connect.c
+++ b/lib/connect.c
@@ -197,10 +197,6 @@ static CURLcode bindlocal(struct connectdata *conn,
 
 #ifdef HAVE_INET_NTOA
 
-#ifndef INADDR_NONE
-#define INADDR_NONE (in_addr_t) ~0
-#endif
-
   struct SessionHandle *data = conn->data;
 
   /*************************************************************
@@ -216,7 +212,7 @@ static CURLcode bindlocal(struct connectdata *conn,
     /* First check if the given name is an IP address */
     in=inet_addr(data->set.device);
       
-    if((in == INADDR_NONE) &&
+    if((in == CURL_INADDR_NONE) &&
        Curl_if2ip(data->set.device, myhost, sizeof(myhost))) {
       /*
        * We now have the numerical IPv4-style x.y.z.w in the 'myhost' buffer
@@ -250,7 +246,7 @@ static CURLcode bindlocal(struct connectdata *conn,
     infof(data, "We bind local end to %s\n", myhost);
 
     in=inet_addr(myhost);
-    if (INADDR_NONE != in) {
+    if (CURL_INADDR_NONE != in) {
 
       if ( h ) {
         Curl_addrinfo *addr = h->addr;
diff --git a/lib/hostip.c b/lib/hostip.c
index 8df43fc10..dc38b9f74 100644
--- a/lib/hostip.c
+++ b/lib/hostip.c
@@ -532,10 +532,6 @@ static char *MakeIP(unsigned long num, char *addr, int addr_len)
   return (addr);
 }
 
-#ifndef INADDR_NONE
-#define INADDR_NONE (in_addr_t) ~0
-#endif
-
 static void hostcache_fixoffset(struct hostent *h, int offset)
 {
   int i=0;
@@ -573,7 +569,8 @@ static Curl_addrinfo *my_getaddrinfo(struct SessionHandle *data,
   port=0; /* unused in IPv4 code */
   ret = 0; /* to prevent the compiler warning */
 
-  if ( (in=inet_addr(hostname)) != INADDR_NONE ) {
+  in=inet_addr(hostname);
+  if (in != CURL_INADDR_NONE) {
     struct in_addr *addrentry;
     struct namebuf {
         struct hostent hostentry;
diff --git a/lib/hostip.h b/lib/hostip.h
index fc1474c39..d07b75e3d 100644
--- a/lib/hostip.h
+++ b/lib/hostip.h
@@ -79,4 +79,11 @@ int curl_getaddrinfo(char *hostname, char *service,
                      int line, const char *source);
 #endif
 
+#ifndef INADDR_NONE
+#define CURL_INADDR_NONE (in_addr_t) ~0
+#else
+#define CURL_INADDR_NONE INADDR_NONE
+#endif
+
+
 #endif