diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/rsnet.cc b/libretroshare/src/util/rsnet.cc
index 3068bcef3..8f07d16c4 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/util/rsnet.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/rsnet.cc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void sockaddr_clear(struct sockaddr_in *addr)
 
 bool rsGetHostByName(const std::string& hostname, in_addr& returned_addr)
 {
-#ifdef WINDOWS_SYS
+#if defined(WINDOWS_SYS) || defined(__APPLE__)
 	hostent *result = gethostbyname(hostname.c_str()) ;
 #else
     RsTemporaryMemory mem(8192) ;