diff --git a/src/libfreeswan/atoaddr.c b/src/libfreeswan/atoaddr.c
index c962a1627..cbda541d3 100644
--- a/src/libfreeswan/atoaddr.c
+++ b/src/libfreeswan/atoaddr.c
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ struct in_addr *addrp;
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		memcpy(&addrp->s_addr, res->ai_addr->sa_data, sizeof(addrp->s_addr));
+		struct sockaddr_in *in = (struct sockaddr_in*)res->ai_addr;
+		memcpy(&addrp->s_addr, &in->sin_addr.s_addr, sizeof(addrp->s_addr));
 		freeaddrinfo(res);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/libfreeswan/ttoaddr.c b/src/libfreeswan/ttoaddr.c
index ede0713f0..bda2be5ed 100644
--- a/src/libfreeswan/ttoaddr.c
+++ b/src/libfreeswan/ttoaddr.c
@@ -202,8 +202,35 @@ ip_address *dst;
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		addr = res->ai_addr->sa_data;
-		err = initaddr(addr, res->ai_addrlen, af, dst);
+		struct addrinfo *r = res;
+		while (r)
+		{
+			size_t addr_len;
+			switch (r->ai_family)
+			{
+				case AF_INET:
+				{
+					struct sockaddr_in *in = (struct sockaddr_in*)r->ai_addr;
+					addr_len = 4;
+					addr = (unsigned char*)&in->sin_addr.s_addr;
+					break;
+				}
+				case AF_INET6:
+				{
+					struct sockaddr_in6 *in6 = (struct sockaddr_in6*)r->ai_addr;
+					addr_len = 16;
+					addr = (unsigned char*)&in6->sin6_addr.s6_addr;
+					break;
+				}
+				default:
+				{	/* unknown family, try next result */
+					r = r->ai_next;
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+			err = initaddr(addr, addr_len, r->ai_family, dst);
+			break;
+		}
 		freeaddrinfo(res);
 	}