diff --git a/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.c b/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.c
index a1ef0586d821..3316bfb609aa 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static char copyright[] __attribute__ ((unused)) =
 #ifndef lint
 /* from: @(#)inetd.c	8.4 (Berkeley) 4/13/94"; */
 static char inetd_c_rcsid[] __attribute__ ((unused)) =
-	"$Id: inetd.c,v 1.21 1997/02/22 16:05:52 peter Exp $";
+	"$Id: inetd.c,v 1.22 1997/03/31 05:10:10 imp Exp $";
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 /*
@@ -825,8 +825,10 @@ setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, opt, (char *)&on, sizeof (on))
 		syslog(LOG_ERR, "setsockopt (SO_DEBUG): %m");
 	if (turnon(sep->se_fd, SO_REUSEADDR) < 0)
 		syslog(LOG_ERR, "setsockopt (SO_REUSEADDR): %m");
+#ifdef SO_PRIVSTATE
 	if (turnon(sep->se_fd, SO_PRIVSTATE) < 0)
 		syslog(LOG_ERR, "setsockopt (SO_PRIVSTATE): %m");
+#endif
 #undef turnon
 	if (bind(sep->se_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sep->se_ctrladdr,
 	    sizeof (sep->se_ctrladdr)) < 0) {