diff --git a/lib/bind/nameser/ns_parse.c b/lib/bind/nameser/ns_parse.c
index 6b08ee1cf1..dab0b711ad 100644
--- a/lib/bind/nameser/ns_parse.c
+++ b/lib/bind/nameser/ns_parse.c
@@ -16,13 +16,20 @@
  */
 
 #ifndef lint
-static const char rcsid[] = "$Id: ns_parse.c,v 1.1 2001/03/29 06:31:57 marka Exp $";
+static const char rcsid[] = "$Id: ns_parse.c,v 1.2 2001/04/11 08:13:11 marka Exp $";
 #endif
 
 /* Import. */
 
 #include "port_before.h"
 
+/*
+ * force stdio.h to be included before arpa/nameser.h as it
+ * #defines _ptr __ptr on HPUX
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 #include <netinet/in.h>