diff --git a/hal/socket/win32/socket_win32.c b/hal/socket/win32/socket_win32.c
index 65c99e74..64e5180e 100644
--- a/hal/socket/win32/socket_win32.c
+++ b/hal/socket/win32/socket_win32.c
@@ -168,6 +168,25 @@ setSocketBufferSize(Socket self, int rcvBufSize, int sndBufSize)
 }
 
 
+#ifdef __i386__
+const char*
+inet_ntop(int af, const void* src, char* dst, int cnt){
+
+    struct sockaddr_in srcaddr;
+
+    memset(&srcaddr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+    memcpy(&(srcaddr.sin_addr), src, sizeof(srcaddr.sin_addr));
+
+    srcaddr.sin_family = af;
+    if (WSAAddressToString((struct sockaddr*) &srcaddr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in), 0, dst, (LPDWORD) &cnt) != 0) {
+        DWORD rv = WSAGetLastError();
+        printf("WSAAddressToString() : %d\n",rv);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return dst;
+}
+#endif
+
 static bool
 prepareAddress(const char *address, int port, struct sockaddr_in *sockaddr)
 {