diff --git a/include/ircaux.h b/include/ircaux.h
index 23062e6..0ce0665 100644
--- a/include/ircaux.h
+++ b/include/ircaux.h
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ char *			BX_ip_to_host (const char *);
 char *			BX_one_to_another (const char *);
 int			BX_set_blocking (int);
 int			BX_set_non_blocking (int);
-int			my_accept (int, struct sockaddr *, int *);
+int			my_accept (int, struct sockaddr *, socklen_t *);
 int			lame_resolv (const char *, struct sockaddr_foobar *);
 
 #define my_isspace(x) \
diff --git a/source/network.c b/source/network.c
index bc07129..d522663 100644
--- a/source/network.c
+++ b/source/network.c
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ extern char *BX_one_to_another (const char *what)
  * has been closed in the interim.  This wrapper for accept() attempts to
  * defeat this by making the accept() call nonblocking.
  */
-int	my_accept (int s, struct sockaddr *addr, int *addrlen)
+int	my_accept (int s, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen)
 {
 	int	retval;
 	set_non_blocking(s);