diff --git a/src/kits/network/dns/inet/inet_addr.c b/src/kits/network/dns/inet/inet_addr.c
index a11817e6c3..e89d0344fc 100644
--- a/src/kits/network/dns/inet/inet_addr.c
+++ b/src/kits/network/dns/inet/inet_addr.c
@@ -204,3 +204,7 @@ inet_aton(const char *cp, struct in_addr *addr) {
 		addr->s_addr = htonl(val);
 	return (1);
 }
+
+#undef inet_addr
+#pragma weak inet_addr=__inet_addr
+
diff --git a/src/kits/network/dns/inet/inet_ntoa.c b/src/kits/network/dns/inet/inet_ntoa.c
index 181641c501..a44b5a5d90 100644
--- a/src/kits/network/dns/inet/inet_ntoa.c
+++ b/src/kits/network/dns/inet/inet_ntoa.c
@@ -60,3 +60,7 @@ inet_ntoa(struct in_addr in) {
 	(void) inet_ntop(AF_INET, &in, ret, sizeof ret);
 	return (ret);
 }
+
+#undef inet_ntoa
+#pragma weak inet_ntoa=__inet_ntoa
+