diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog
index 7e48563..e1f4118 100644
--- a/lib/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 	* privs.c: (zcaps2sys/solaris) remove unused variable.
 	  (zprivs_state_caps/solaris) Format string missing a
 	  specifier.
+	* zebra.h: s/u_int/unsigned int/, u_int is a BSD type, defining
+	  __USE_BSD on Linux pulls in further things from netinet/ip.h
+	  which dont preprocess for some reason. There is no C99
+	  shorthand type directly equivalent to u_int afaict, so don't
+	  use it.
 
 2005-11-14 Paul Jakma <paul.jakma@sun.com>
 
diff --git a/lib/zebra.h b/lib/zebra.h
index 0aa98a4..cf7998f 100644
--- a/lib/zebra.h
+++ b/lib/zebra.h
@@ -415,9 +415,9 @@
    the route_types[] table in lib/log.c must be updated! */
 
 /* Map a route type to a string.  For example, ZEBRA_ROUTE_RIPNG -> "ripng". */
-extern const char *zebra_route_string(u_int route_type);
+extern const char *zebra_route_string(unsigned int route_type);
 /* Map a route type to a char.  For example, ZEBRA_ROUTE_RIPNG -> 'R'. */
-extern char zebra_route_char(u_int route_type);
+extern char zebra_route_char(unsigned int route_type);
 
 /* Zebra's family types. */
 #define ZEBRA_FAMILY_IPV4                1