diff --git a/lib/network.c b/lib/network.c
index b81d5f8..b982640 100644
--- a/lib/network.c
+++ b/lib/network.c
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@
 float
 htonf (float host)
 {
-#ifdef __STDC_IEC_559__
+#if !defined(__STDC_IEC_559__) && __GCC_IEC_559 < 0
+#warning "Unknown floating-point format on platform, htonf may break"
+#endif
   u_int32_t lu1, lu2;
   float convert;
   
@@ -105,9 +107,6 @@
   lu2 = htonl (lu1);
   memcpy (&convert, &lu2, sizeof (u_int32_t));
   return convert;
-#else
-#error "Please supply htonf implementation for this platform"
-#endif 
 }
 
 float