diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index eb496ec9..dbc1b27c 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-04-24  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
+
+	* connect.c (retryable_socket_connect_error): Return 0 for
+	ENETUNREACH and EHOSTUNREACH.
+
 2005-04-23  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
 
 	* cmpt.c: Reenable the memmove implementation for systems that
diff --git a/src/connect.c b/src/connect.c
index 1aab01bb..a95301b2 100644
--- a/src/connect.c
+++ b/src/connect.c
@@ -597,8 +597,16 @@ retryable_socket_connect_error (int err)
       )
     return 0;
 
-  if (err == ECONNREFUSED && !opt.retry_connrefused)
-    return 0;
+  if (!opt.retry_connrefused)
+    if (err == ECONNREFUSED
+#ifdef ENETUNREACH
+	|| err == ENETUNREACH	/* network is unreachable */
+#endif
+#ifdef EHOSTUNREACH
+	|| err == EHOSTUNREACH	/* host is unreachable */
+#endif
+	)
+      return 0;
 
   return 1;
 }