diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bcfc4a8ea..e208f8801 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
    - markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/10/08 11:48:57
      [channels.c]
      better debug
+   - markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/10/08 16:15:47
+     [sshconnect.c]
+     use correct family for -b option
 
 20011007
  - (bal) ssh-copy-id corrected permissions for .ssh/ and authorized_keys.
@@ -6673,4 +6676,4 @@
  - Wrote replacements for strlcpy and mkdtemp
  - Released 1.0pre1
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1593 2001/10/10 05:04:20 djm Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1594 2001/10/10 05:04:41 djm Exp $
diff --git a/sshconnect.c b/sshconnect.c
index 76b1a2703..7c928539e 100644
--- a/sshconnect.c
+++ b/sshconnect.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: sshconnect.c,v 1.113 2001/10/06 11:18:19 markus Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: sshconnect.c,v 1.114 2001/10/08 16:15:47 markus Exp $");
 
 #include <openssl/bn.h>
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ ssh_create_socket(struct passwd *pw, int privileged, int family)
 		return sock;
 
 	memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
-	hints.ai_family = IPv4or6;
+	hints.ai_family = family;
 	hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
 	hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;
 	gaierr = getaddrinfo(options.bind_address, "0", &hints, &res);