diff --git a/wolfssl/test.h b/wolfssl/test.h
index a9cc4e868..dd688b1d5 100644
--- a/wolfssl/test.h
+++ b/wolfssl/test.h
@@ -826,6 +826,21 @@ static WC_INLINE void build_addr(SOCKADDR_IN_T* addr, const char* peer,
 
             XMEMCPY(addr, answer->ai_addr, answer->ai_addrlen);
             freeaddrinfo(answer);
+        #elif defined(WOLF_C99)
+            HOSTENT* entry;
+            SOCKADDR_IN* sin;
+
+            entry = gethostbyname(peer);
+            sin   = (SOCKADDR_IN*)&addr;
+            if (entry) {
+                sin->sin_family = AF_INET;
+                sin->sin_port = XHTONS(port);
+                XMEMCPY(&sin->sin_addr.s_addr, entry->h_addr_list[0],
+                        entry->h_length);
+            }
+            else {
+                err_sys("no addr info for responder");
+            }
         #else
             printf("no ipv6 getaddrinfo, loopback only tests/examples\n");
             addr->sin6_addr = in6addr_loopback;