diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index b2611aaf7..40d8b5892 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Nmap Changelog ($Id$); -*-text-*-
 
+o Fixed compilation of libdnet-stripped on platforms that don't have
+  socklen_t. [Michael Pattrick]
+
 o Fixed a bug in traceroute that could lead to a crash:
     terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::out_of_range'
       what():  bitset::test
diff --git a/libdnet-stripped/include/config.h.in b/libdnet-stripped/include/config.h.in
index 7d5cbbaf6..1f72a454a 100644
--- a/libdnet-stripped/include/config.h.in
+++ b/libdnet-stripped/include/config.h.in
@@ -301,5 +301,5 @@ char	*strsep(char **, const char *);
 #endif
 
 #ifndef HAVE_SOCKLEN_T
-typedef socklen_t int
+typedef int socklen_t
 #endif