diff --git a/main/utils.c b/main/utils.c
index 6e1b4674f6..b1c1541314 100644
--- a/main/utils.c
+++ b/main/utils.c
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ struct hostent *ast_gethostbyname(const char *host, struct ast_hostent *hp)
 		if (dots != 3)
 			return NULL;
 		memset(hp, 0, sizeof(struct ast_hostent));
+		hp->hp.h_addrtype = AF_INET;
 		hp->hp.h_addr_list = (void *) hp->buf;
 		hp->hp.h_addr = hp->buf + sizeof(void *);
 		if (inet_pton(AF_INET, host, hp->hp.h_addr) > 0)