diff --git a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
index f206e80c35f6e9aea68bd11a7a669baccd2236d2..b03a54a454f8401b76eba2ac88c828ca55e200a0 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ TwitterPlugin::TwitterPlugin(Config *config, Swift::SimpleEventLoop *loop, Stora
 	m_factories = new Swift::BoostNetworkFactories(loop);
 	m_conn = m_factories->getConnectionFactory()->createConnection();
 	m_conn->onDataRead.connect(boost::bind(&TwitterPlugin::_handleDataRead, this, _1));
-	m_conn->connect(Swift::HostAddressPort(Swift::HostAddress(host), port));
+	m_conn->connect(Swift::HostAddressPort(SWIFT_HOSTADDRESS(host), port));
 
 	tp = new ThreadPool(loop_, 10);