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diff --git a/src/common/socket.h b/src/common/socket.h
index 4d8d36807..158759f9e 100644
--- a/src/common/socket.h
+++ b/src/common/socket.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#ifdef __WIN32
#define __USE_W32_SOCKETS
#include <windows.h>
+typedef long in_addr_t;
#else
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
@@ -157,7 +158,10 @@ void set_defaultconsoleparse(int (*defaultparse)(char*));
//Resolves the hostname and stores the string representation of the string in ip.
//Meant to simplify calls to gethostbyname without the need of all the
//required network includes.
-in_addr_t resolve_hostbyname(char* hostname, char *ip);
+//hostname is the name to resolve.
+//ip is an array of char[4] where the individual parts of the ip are stored (optional)
+//ip_str is a char[16] where the whole ip is stored in string notation (optional)
+in_addr_t resolve_hostbyname(char* hostname, unsigned char *ip, char *ip_str);
extern unsigned int addr_[16]; // ip addresses of local host (host byte order)
extern unsigned int naddr_; // # of ip addresses