diff --git a/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.c b/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.c
index e6b48be..58b693a 100644
--- a/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.c
+++ b/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.c
@@ -1378,7 +1378,11 @@ int ipmi_lan_open(struct ipmi_intf * intf)
 	s->addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
 	s->addr.sin_port = htons(s->port);
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
 	rc = inet_aton(s->hostname, &s->addr.sin_addr);
+#else
+	rc = inet_pton(AF_INET, s->hostname, &s->addr.sin_addr);
+#endif
 	if (rc <= 0) {
 		struct hostent *host = gethostbyname(s->hostname);
 		if (host == NULL) {
diff --git a/ipmitool/src/plugins/lanplus/lanplus.c b/ipmitool/src/plugins/lanplus/lanplus.c
index aed76a3..b8fc25d 100644
--- a/ipmitool/src/plugins/lanplus/lanplus.c
+++ b/ipmitool/src/plugins/lanplus/lanplus.c
@@ -2892,7 +2892,11 @@ ipmi_lanplus_open(struct ipmi_intf * intf)
 	addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
 	addr.sin_port = htons(session->port);
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
 	rc = inet_aton(session->hostname, &addr.sin_addr);
+#else
+	rc = inet_pton(AF_INET, session->hostname, &addr.sin_addr);
+#endif
 	if (rc <= 0) {
 		struct hostent *host = gethostbyname(session->hostname);
 		if (host == NULL) {