diff --git a/src/compat.h b/src/compat.h
index fca6e6101..e76ab94c8 100644
--- a/src/compat.h
+++ b/src/compat.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef WIN32
-typedef u_int SOCKET;
+typedef unsigned int SOCKET;
 #include "errno.h"
 #define WSAGetLastError()   errno
 #define WSAEINVAL           EINVAL