diff --git a/backends/libpurple/utils.cpp b/backends/libpurple/utils.cpp
index 4857f37c4e6cd6a658b0c54c8bb7c1746c536fb0..c375421ed1c1d7c014cb88cfd55023d2de51331a 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/utils.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/utils.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ int create_socket(const char *host, int portno) {
 
 	stSockAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
 	stSockAddr.sin_port = htons(portno);
-	bcopy(hos->h_addr, &(stSockAddr.sin_addr.s_addr), hos->h_length);
+	memcpy(&(stSockAddr.sin_addr.s_addr), hos->h_addr,  hos->h_length);
 
 	if (-1 == connect(SocketFD, (struct sockaddr *)&stSockAddr, sizeof(stSockAddr))) {
 		close(SocketFD);