diff --git a/lib/krb5/send_to_kdc.c b/lib/krb5/send_to_kdc.c
index e7656528f..624a01cdf 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/send_to_kdc.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/send_to_kdc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
  * All rights reserved. 
  *
@@ -266,8 +266,10 @@ krb5_sendto_kdc (krb5_context context,
 	     if (colon)
 		 *colon = '\0';
 #ifdef HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME2
+#ifdef HAVE_IPV6
 	     hostent = gethostbyname2 (p, AF_INET6);
 	     if (hostent == NULL)
+#endif
 		 hostent = gethostbyname2 (p, AF_INET);
 #else
 	     hostent = roken_gethostbyname (p);