1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/netutils.c b/plugins/netutils.c
index 926547e..c567df5 100644
--- a/plugins/netutils.c
+++ b/plugins/netutils.c
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ my_connect (char *host_name, int port, int *sd, int proto)
         memset (&hints, 0, sizeof (hints));
         hints.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
         hints.ai_protocol = proto;
+        hints.ai_socktype = (proto == IPPROTO_UDP) ? SOCK_DGRAM : SOCK_STREAM;
 
         snprintf (port_str, sizeof (port_str), "%d", port);
         result = getaddrinfo (host_name, port_str, &hints, &res);