diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 44a7272d..df83fa56 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ am__DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_srcdir)/ac/ar-lib \
 	$(top_srcdir)/ac/ltmain.sh $(top_srcdir)/ac/missing \
 	$(top_srcdir)/ac/tap-driver.sh $(top_srcdir)/pkgs/hawk.spec.in \
 	README.md ac/ar-lib ac/compile ac/config.guess ac/config.sub \
-	ac/install-sh ac/ltmain.sh ac/missing
+	ac/depcomp ac/install-sh ac/ltmain.sh ac/missing
 DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(DIST_SOURCES) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
 distdir = $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 top_distdir = $(distdir)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 268a995b..25a9bf79 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -21318,6 +21318,51 @@ then :
 		SOCKET_LIBS="$SOCKET_LIBS -lsocket"
 		printf "%s\n" "#define HAVE_CONNECT 1" >>confdefs.h
 
+else $as_nop
+
+		{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for connect in -lnetwork" >&5
+printf %s "checking for connect in -lnetwork... " >&6; }
+if test ${ac_cv_lib_network_connect+y}
+then :
+  printf %s "(cached) " >&6
+else $as_nop
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lnetwork  $LIBS"
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
+   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char connect ();
+int
+main (void)
+{
+return connect ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"
+then :
+  ac_cv_lib_network_connect=yes
+else $as_nop
+  ac_cv_lib_network_connect=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_network_connect" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$ac_cv_lib_network_connect" >&6; }
+if test "x$ac_cv_lib_network_connect" = xyes
+then :
+
+			SOCKET_LIBS="$SOCKET_LIBS -lnetwork"
+			printf "%s\n" "#define HAVE_CONNECT 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+fi
+
 
 fi
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7cf06b09..dc26d476 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -347,7 +347,10 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_func_connect" = "xno"
 then
 	AC_CHECK_LIB([socket], [connect], [
 		SOCKET_LIBS="$SOCKET_LIBS -lsocket"
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CONNECT, 1)
+		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CONNECT, 1) ], [
+		AC_CHECK_LIB([network], [connect], [
+			SOCKET_LIBS="$SOCKET_LIBS -lnetwork"
+			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CONNECT, 1) ])
 	])
 fi
 if test "x${platform_win32}" = "xyes"