diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d9d941933c..2aa067aaf4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1398,9 +1398,11 @@ endif
 endif
 ifdef NO_INET_NTOP
 	LIB_OBJS += compat/inet_ntop.o
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_INET_NTOP
 endif
 ifdef NO_INET_PTON
 	LIB_OBJS += compat/inet_pton.o
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_INET_PTON
 endif
 
 ifdef NO_ICONV
diff --git a/compat/inet_ntop.c b/compat/inet_ntop.c
index f44498258d..e5b46a0f21 100644
--- a/compat/inet_ntop.c
+++ b/compat/inet_ntop.c
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
+#include "../git-compat-util.h"
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
diff --git a/compat/inet_pton.c b/compat/inet_pton.c
index 4078fc0877..2ec995e63d 100644
--- a/compat/inet_pton.c
+++ b/compat/inet_pton.c
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
+#include "../git-compat-util.h"
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
  */
 
 static int inet_pton4(const char *src, unsigned char *dst);
+#ifndef NO_IPV6
 static int inet_pton6(const char *src, unsigned char *dst);
+#endif
 
 /* int
  * inet_pton4(src, dst)
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index e192831961..56dce85884 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -387,6 +387,14 @@ static inline void *gitmempcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef NO_INET_PTON
+int inet_pton(int af, const char *src, void *dst);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef NO_INET_NTOP
+const char *inet_ntop(int af, const void *src, char *dst, size_t size);
+#endif
+
 extern void release_pack_memory(size_t, int);
 
 typedef void (*try_to_free_t)(size_t);