diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 54dbc26720..d962875155 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Wed Jun 23 22:23:37 2004  Dave Thomas  <dave@pragprog.com>
+
+	* ext/socket/socket.c (sock_s_gethostbyaddr): Work around problem
+	  with OS X not returning 'from' parameter to recvfrom for
+	  connection-oriented sockets.
+
 Wed Jun 23 01:45:27 2004  Dave Thomas  <dave@pragprog.com>
 
 	* lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_rb.rb (RubyLex::identify_quotation): 
diff --git a/ext/socket/socket.c b/ext/socket/socket.c
index 88c6423695..2cf100cac8 100644
--- a/ext/socket/socket.c
+++ b/ext/socket/socket.c
@@ -460,7 +460,11 @@ s_recvfrom(sock, argc, argv, from)
 	    rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "sockaddr size differs - should not happen");
 	}
 #endif
-	return rb_assoc_new(str, ipaddr((struct sockaddr*)buf));
+	if (alen) /* OSX doesn't return a 'from' result from recvfrom for connection-oriented sockets */
+	  return rb_assoc_new(str, ipaddr((struct sockaddr*)buf));
+	else
+	  return rb_assoc_new(str, Qnil);
+	//	return rb_assoc_new(str, ipaddr((struct sockaddr*)buf));
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_UN_H
       case RECV_UNIX:
 	return rb_assoc_new(str, unixaddr((struct sockaddr_un*)buf));