diff --git a/lib/roken/mini_inetd.c b/lib/roken/mini_inetd.c
index bcadacaf7..143e214b7 100644
--- a/lib/roken/mini_inetd.c
+++ b/lib/roken/mini_inetd.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1995 - 2000 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1995 - 2001 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden).
  * All rights reserved.
  * 
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ mini_inetd (int port)
     memset (&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
     hints.ai_flags    = AI_PASSIVE;
     hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+    hints.ai_family   = PF_UNSPEC;
 
     snprintf (portstr, sizeof(portstr), "%d", ntohs(port));
 
@@ -95,14 +96,20 @@ mini_inetd (int port)
     for (i = 0, a = ai; a != NULL; a = a->ai_next) {
 	fds[i] = socket (a->ai_family, a->ai_socktype, a->ai_protocol);
 	if (fds[i] < 0) {
-	    warn ("socket");
+	    warn ("socket af = %d", a->ai_family);
 	    continue;
 	}
 	socket_set_reuseaddr (fds[i], 1);
-	if (bind (fds[i], a->ai_addr, a->ai_addrlen) < 0)
-	    err (1, "bind");
-	if (listen (fds[i], SOMAXCONN) < 0)
-	    err (1, "listen");
+	if (bind (fds[i], a->ai_addr, a->ai_addrlen) < 0) {
+	    warn ("bind af = %d", a->ai_family);
+	    close(fds[i]);
+	    continue;
+	}
+	if (listen (fds[i], SOMAXCONN) < 0) {
+	    warn ("listen af = %d", a->ai_family);
+	    close(fds[i]);
+	    continue;
+	}
 	if (fds[i] >= FD_SETSIZE)
 	    errx (1, "fd too large");
 	FD_SET(fds[i], &orig_read_set);