diff --git a/vfs/ChangeLog b/vfs/ChangeLog
index b1d99107f..679dcb202 100644
--- a/vfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/vfs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-11-02  Roland Illig  <roland.illig@gmx.de>
+
+	* ftpfs.c: Add fallback to type int if socklen_t is not provided.
+
 2004-11-01  Andriy Gritsenko <andrej * rep kiev ua>
 
 	* tar.c (tar_read_header): Fix pathname canonicalization.
diff --git a/vfs/ftpfs.c b/vfs/ftpfs.c
index 310e0389b..524df4cb8 100644
--- a/vfs/ftpfs.c
+++ b/vfs/ftpfs.c
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ What to do with this?
 #define RFC_DARING 1
 #define RFC_STRICT 2
 
+#ifndef HAVE_C_TYPE_SOCKLEN_T
+typedef int socklen_t;
+#endif
 
 static int ftpfs_errno;
 static int code;