--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 94f950c76..e3bda0599 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -783,6 +783,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strdup \
+ strcasestr \
+ memrchr \
+ localtime_r \
++ getprotobynumber_r \
+ gmtime_r \
+ strnlen \
+ strtok_r)
+diff --git a/lib/compat/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/compat/CMakeLists.txt
+index 4fa05d7e0..95fcb0e0d 100644
+--- a/lib/compat/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/lib/compat/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ set(COMPAT_HEADERS
+ compat/openssl_support.h
+ compat/pcre.h
+ compat/getent.h
+- compat/getent-bb.h
++ compat/getent-sun.h
++ compat/getent-generic.h
+ PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+ set(COMPAT_SOURCES
+@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ set(COMPAT_SOURCES
+ compat/strnlen.c
+ compat/time.c
+ compat/openssl_support.c
+- compat/getent.c
++ compat/getent-sun.c
++ compat/getent-generic.c
+ PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+ add_test_subdirectory(tests)
+diff --git a/lib/compat/Makefile.am b/lib/compat/Makefile.am
+index e5c1f4e56..8d5010558 100644
+--- a/lib/compat/Makefile.am
++++ b/lib/compat/Makefile.am
+@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ compatinclude_HEADERS = \
+ lib/compat/string.h \
+ lib/compat/time.h \
+ lib/compat/openssl_support.h \
+- lib/compat/pcre.h \
+- lib/compat/getent.h \
+- lib/compat/getent-bb.h
++ lib/compat/pcre.h \
++ lib/compat/getent.h \
++ lib/compat/getent-sun.h \
++ lib/compat/getent-generic.h
+
+ compat_sources = \
+ lib/compat/getutent.c \
+@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ compat_sources = \
+ lib/compat/strnlen.c \
+ lib/compat/time.c \
+ lib/compat/openssl_support.c \
+- lib/compat/getent.c
++ lib/compat/getent-sun.c \
++ lib/compat/getent-generic.c
+
+ include lib/compat/tests/Makefile.am
+diff --git a/lib/compat/getent-generic.c b/lib/compat/getent-generic.c
+new file mode 100644
+index 000000000..f75d1cc0a
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/lib/compat/getent-generic.c
+@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
++/*
++ * Copyright (c) 2017 Balabit
++ *
++ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
++ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
++ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
++ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
++ *
++ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
++ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
++ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
++ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
++ *
++ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
++ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
++ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
++ *
++ * As an additional exemption you are allowed to compile & link against the
++ * OpenSSL libraries as published by the OpenSSL project. See the file
++ * COPYING for details.
++ *
++ */
++
++#include "compat/getent-generic.h"
++
++#ifndef SYSLOG_NG_HAVE_GETPROTOBYNUMBER_R
++
++#include <glib.h>
++#include <errno.h>
++
++G_LOCK_DEFINE_STATIC(getproto);
++
++/* this code does not support proto aliases, as we wouldn't be using
++ * them anyway. Should we ever want to support it, we would need to
++ * suballocate @buf and store all of the aliases in the same character
++ * array.
++ */
++static void
++_extract_protoent_fields(struct protoent *dst, struct protoent *src, char *buf, size_t buflen)
++{
++ g_strlcpy(buf, src->p_name, buflen);
++ dst->p_name = buf;
++ dst->p_aliases = NULL;
++ dst->p_proto = src->p_proto;
++}
++
++int
++_compat_generic__getprotobynumber_r(int proto,
++ struct protoent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct protoent **result)
++{
++ struct protoent *pe;
++
++ G_LOCK(getproto);
++ pe = getprotobynumber(proto);
++
++ if (pe)
++ {
++ _extract_protoent_fields(result_buf, pe, buf, buflen);
++ *result = result_buf;
++ errno = 0;
++ }
++
++ G_UNLOCK(getproto);
++ return errno;
++}
++
++int
++_compat_generic__getprotobyname_r(const char *name,
++ struct protoent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct protoent **result)
++{
++ struct protoent *pe;
++
++ G_LOCK(getproto);
++ pe = getprotobyname(name);
++
++ if (pe)
++ {
++ _extract_protoent_fields(result_buf, pe, buf, buflen);
++ *result = result_buf;
++ errno = 0;
++ }
++
++ G_UNLOCK(getproto);
++ return errno;
++}
++
++G_LOCK_DEFINE_STATIC(getserv);
++
++/* this code does not support service aliases or using the s_proto field, as
++ * we wouldn't be using them anyway. Should we ever want to support it, we
++ * would need to suballocate @buf and store all of the aliases in the same
++ * character array.
++ */
++static void
++_extract_servent_fields(struct servent *dst, struct servent *src, char *buf, size_t buflen)
++{
++ g_strlcpy(buf, src->s_name, buflen);
++ dst->s_name = buf;
++ dst->s_aliases = NULL;
++ dst->s_port = src->s_port;
++ /* we don't support s_proto */
++ dst->s_proto = NULL;
++}
++
++
++int
++_compat_generic__getservbyport_r(int port, const char *proto,
++ struct servent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct servent **result)
++{
++ struct servent *se;
++
++ G_LOCK(getserv);
++ se = getservbyport(port, proto);
++
++ if (se)
++ {
++ _extract_servent_fields(result_buf, se, buf, buflen);
++ *result = result_buf;
++ errno = 0;
++ }
++
++ G_UNLOCK(getserv);
++ return errno;
++}
++
++int
++_compat_generic__getservbyname_r(const char *name, const char *proto,
++ struct servent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct servent **result)
++{
++ struct servent *se;
++
++ G_LOCK(getserv);
++ se = getservbyname(name, proto);
++
++ if (se)
++ {
++ _extract_servent_fields(result_buf, se, buf, buflen);
++ *result = result_buf;
++ errno = 0;
++ }
++
++ G_UNLOCK(getserv);
++ return errno;
++}
++
++#endif
+diff --git a/lib/compat/getent-generic.h b/lib/compat/getent-generic.h
+new file mode 100644
+index 000000000..cc95a2646
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/lib/compat/getent-generic.h
+@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
++/*
++ * Copyright (c) 2017 Balabit
++ *
++ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
++ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
++ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
++ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
++ *
++ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
++ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
++ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
++ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
++ *
++ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
++ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
++ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
++ *
++ * As an additional exemption you are allowed to compile & link against the
++ * OpenSSL libraries as published by the OpenSSL project. See the file
++ * COPYING for details.
++ *
++ */
++
++#ifndef COMPAT_GETENT_GENERIC_H_INCLUDED
++#define COMPAT_GETENT_GENERIC_H_INCLUDED
++
++#include "compat/compat.h"
++
++#ifndef SYSLOG_NG_HAVE_GETPROTOBYNUMBER_R
++
++#include <sys/types.h>
++#include <grp.h>
++#include <pwd.h>
++#include <netdb.h>
++
++int _compat_generic__getprotobynumber_r(int proto,
++ struct protoent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct protoent **result);
++
++int _compat_generic__getprotobyname_r(const char *name,
++ struct protoent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct protoent **result);
++
++int _compat_generic__getservbyport_r(int port, const char *proto,
++ struct servent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct servent **result);
++
++int _compat_generic__getservbyname_r(const char *name, const char *proto,
++ struct servent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct servent **result);
++
++#endif
++
++#endif
+diff --git a/lib/compat/getent.c b/lib/compat/getent-sun.c
+similarity index 63%
+rename from lib/compat/getent.c
+rename to lib/compat/getent-sun.c
+index bb9b5b431..dce676f2f 100644
+--- a/lib/compat/getent.c
++++ b/lib/compat/getent-sun.c
+@@ -21,40 +21,45 @@
+ *
+ */
+
+-#if defined(sun) || defined(__sun)
++#include "compat/getent-sun.h"
+
+-#include "compat/getent-bb.h"
++#if defined(sun) || defined(__sun)
+ #include <errno.h>
+
+-int bb__getprotobynumber_r(int proto,
+- struct protoent *result_buf, char *buf,
+- size_t buflen, struct protoent **result)
++int
++_compat_sun__getprotobynumber_r(int proto,
++ struct protoent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct protoent **result)
+ {
+ *result = getprotobynumber_r(proto, result_buf, buf, buflen);
+ return (*result ? NULL : errno);
+ }
+
+-int bb__getprotobyname_r(const char *name,
+- struct protoent *result_buf, char *buf,
+- size_t buflen, struct protoent **result)
++int
++_compat_sun__getprotobyname_r(const char *name,
++ struct protoent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct protoent **result)
+ {
+ *result = getprotobyname_r(name, result_buf, buf, buflen);
+ return (*result ? NULL : errno);
+ }
+
+-int bb__getservbyport_r(int port, const char *proto,
+- struct servent *result_buf, char *buf,
+- size_t buflen, struct servent **result)
++int
++_compat_sun__getservbyport_r(int port, const char *proto,
++ struct servent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct servent **result)
+ {
+ *result = getservbyport_r(port, proto, result_buf, buf, buflen);
+ return (*result ? NULL : errno);
+ }
+
+-int bb__getservbyname_r(const char *name, const char *proto,
+- struct servent *result_buf, char *buf,
+- size_t buflen, struct servent **result)
++int
++_compat_sun__getservbyname_r(const char *name, const char *proto,
++ struct servent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct servent **result)
+ {
+ *result = getservbyname_r(name, proto, result_buf, buf, buflen);
+ return (*result ? NULL : errno);
+ }
++
+ #endif
+diff --git a/lib/compat/getent-bb.h b/lib/compat/getent-sun.h
+similarity index 53%
+rename from lib/compat/getent-bb.h
+rename to lib/compat/getent-sun.h
+index 15aa2f5e5..fc1eccd2c 100644
+--- a/lib/compat/getent-bb.h
++++ b/lib/compat/getent-sun.h
+@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
+ *
+ */
+
+-#ifndef GETENT_BB_H_INCLUDED
+-#define GETENT_BB_H_INCLUDED
++#ifndef COMPAT_GETENT_SUN_H_INCLUDED
++#define COMPAT_GETENT_SUN_H_INCLUDED
++
++#include "compat/compat.h"
+
+ #if defined(sun) || defined(__sun)
+
+@@ -31,21 +33,21 @@
+ #include <pwd.h>
+ #include <netdb.h>
+
+-int bb__getprotobynumber_r(int proto,
+- struct protoent *result_buf, char *buf,
+- size_t buflen, struct protoent **result);
++int _compat_sun__getprotobynumber_r(int proto,
++ struct protoent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct protoent **result);
+
+-int bb__getprotobyname_r(const char *name,
+- struct protoent *result_buf, char *buf,
+- size_t buflen, struct protoent **result);
++int _compat_sun__getprotobyname_r(const char *name,
++ struct protoent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct protoent **result);
+
+-int bb__getservbyport_r(int port, const char *proto,
+- struct servent *result_buf, char *buf,
+- size_t buflen, struct servent **result);
++int _compat_sun__getservbyport_r(int port, const char *proto,
++ struct servent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct servent **result);
+
+-int bb__getservbyname_r(const char *name, const char *proto,
+- struct servent *result_buf, char *buf,
+- size_t buflen, struct servent **result);
++int _compat_sun__getservbyname_r(const char *name, const char *proto,
++ struct servent *result_buf, char *buf,
++ size_t buflen, struct servent **result);
+
+ #endif
+
+diff --git a/lib/compat/getent.h b/lib/compat/getent.h
+index 09a9f73d6..01c3deb6d 100644
+--- a/lib/compat/getent.h
++++ b/lib/compat/getent.h
+@@ -21,22 +21,28 @@
+ *
+ */
+
+-#ifndef GETENT_COMPAT_H_INCLUDED
+-#define GETENT_COMPAT_H_INCLUDED
++#ifndef COMPAT_GETENT_H_INCLUDED
++#define COMPAT_GETENT_H_INCLUDED
+
+-#include <sys/types.h>
+-#include <grp.h>
+-#include <pwd.h>
+-#include <netdb.h>
++#include "compat/compat.h"
+
+-#if defined(sun) || defined(__sun)
++#ifndef SYSLOG_NG_HAVE_GETPROTOBYNUMBER_R
+
+-#define getprotobynumber_r bb__getprotobynumber_r
+-#define getprotobyname_r bb__getprotobyname_r
+-#define getservbyport_r bb__getservbyport_r
+-#define getservbyname_r bb__getservbyname_r
++#define getprotobynumber_r _compat_generic__getprotobynumber_r
++#define getprotobyname_r _compat_generic__getprotobyname_r
++#define getservbyport_r _compat_generic__getservbyport_r
++#define getservbyname_r _compat_generic__getservbyname_r
+
+-#include "getent-bb.h"
++#include "getent-generic.h"
+
+-#endif // Solaris
++#elif defined(sun) || defined(__sun)
++
++#define getprotobynumber_r _compat_sun__getprotobynumber_r
++#define getprotobyname_r _compat_sun__getprotobyname_r
++#define getservbyport_r _compat_sun__getservbyport_r
++#define getservbyname_r _compat_sun__getservbyname_r
++
++#include "getent-sun.h"
++
++#endif
+ #endif