diff --git a/src/ikarus-errno.c b/src/ikarus-errno.c
index 79fd10a..357393c 100644
--- a/src/ikarus-errno.c
+++ b/src/ikarus-errno.c
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ typedef struct errno_info {
   ikptr c;
 } errno_info;
 
+#ifndef ECANCELED
+#define ECANCELED 140
+#endif
+
 static errno_info errno_table[] = {
   /* errnos from POSIX IEEE Std 1003.1 2004 Edition */
   {E2BIG,            "E2BIG",            fix(-1)},
diff --git a/src/ikarus-getaddrinfo.c b/src/ikarus-getaddrinfo.c
index ae89a1a..ba9b7ca 100644
--- a/src/ikarus-getaddrinfo.c
+++ b/src/ikarus-getaddrinfo.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ getaddrinfo(const char *hostname, const char* servname,
   const struct addrinfo* hints, struct addrinfo** res){ 
   /* hints not used */
   struct servent* sent = getservbyname(servname, "tcp");
-  if(sent == 0) return -1;
+  if (sent == 0) return -1;
   struct hostent* hent = gethostbyname(hostname);
   if (!hent){
    return -1;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ getaddrinfo(const char *hostname, const char* servname,
   memcpy(&sa_in->sin_addr, *ap, sizeof(struct in_addr));
   r->ai_next = NULL;
   *res = r;
-  return (0);
+  return 0;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/ikarus-getaddrinfo.h b/src/ikarus-getaddrinfo.h
index 0f0f5b7..a49e14a 100644
--- a/src/ikarus-getaddrinfo.h
+++ b/src/ikarus-getaddrinfo.h
@@ -40,5 +40,10 @@ getaddrinfo(const char *hostname, const char* servname,
 extern void
 freeaddrinfo(struct addrinfo *ai);
 
+
+#ifndef EAI_SYSTEM
+# define EAI_SYSTEM 11 /* same code as in glibc */
+#endif
+
 #endif