diff --git a/libguile/ChangeLog b/libguile/ChangeLog
index c1a62e708..72c99f16a 100644
--- a/libguile/ChangeLog
+++ b/libguile/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-10-01  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>
+
+	* net_db.c: declare inet_aton only if MISSING_INET_ATON_DECL is
+	defined.  thanks to Han-Wen Nienhuys.
+
 2000-09-30  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>
 
 	* filesys.c (scm_stat2scm), posix.c (s_scm_mknod): don't use
diff --git a/libguile/net_db.c b/libguile/net_db.c
index 502892411..b8b5b2f44 100644
--- a/libguile/net_db.c
+++ b/libguile/net_db.c
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ extern int h_errno;
 int close ();
 #endif /* STDC_HEADERS */
 
+#ifdef MISSING_INET_ATON_DECL
 extern int inet_aton ();
+#endif
 
 SCM_DEFINE (scm_inet_aton, "inet-aton", 1, 0, 0, 
             (SCM address),