diff --git a/mozilla/nsprpub/pr/include/prinet.h b/mozilla/nsprpub/pr/include/prinet.h
index 3d40920e159..440352edf49 100644
--- a/mozilla/nsprpub/pr/include/prinet.h
+++ b/mozilla/nsprpub/pr/include/prinet.h
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@
 #define prinet_h__
 
 #if defined(XP_UNIX) || defined(XP_OS2) || defined(XP_BEOS)
-
+#ifdef linux
+#undef __STRICT_ANSI__
+#define __STRICT_ANSI__
+#endif
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>		/* AF_INET */
 #include <netinet/in.h>         /* INADDR_ANY, ..., ntohl(), ... */