diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b9797c..8c0ca3c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ fi
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([libstrophe will use the $with_parser XML parser])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([socket], [socket])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([res_9_query], [resolv])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/nameser_compat.h])
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL([PARSER_EXPAT], [test x$with_parser != xlibxml2])
 AC_SUBST(PARSER_NAME)                              
diff --git a/src/sock.c b/src/sock.c
index 5992719..d3f2798 100644
--- a/src/sock.c
+++ b/src/sock.c
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <arpa/nameser.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_ARPA_NAMESER_COMPAT_H
+#include <arpa/nameser_compat.h>
+#endif
 #include <resolv.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -865,7 +868,7 @@ int sock_srv_lookup(const char *service, const char *proto, const char *domain,
         unsigned char buf[65535];
 	int len;
 	
-	if ((len = res_query(fulldomain, ns_c_in, ns_t_srv, buf, 65535)) > 0) {
+	if ((len = res_query(fulldomain, C_IN, T_SRV, buf, 65535)) > 0) {
 	    int offset;
 	    int i;
 	    struct dnsquery_header header;