--- gio/ginetaddress.c
+++ gio/ginetaddress.c
@@ -485,7 +485,14 @@
       return g_inet_address_new_from_bytes (addr, family);
     }
   else
+    {
+#if defined(__UCLIBC_HAS_IPV6__)
     return g_inet_address_new_from_bytes (in6addr_loopback.s6_addr, family);
+#else
+    static const struct in6_addr my_in6addr_loopback = IN6ADDR_LOOPBACK_INIT;
+    return g_inet_address_new_from_bytes (my_in6addr_loopback.s6_addr, family);
+#endif
+    }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -512,7 +519,14 @@
       return g_inet_address_new_from_bytes (addr, family);
     }
   else
+    {
+#if defined(__UCLIBC_HAS_IPV6__)
     return g_inet_address_new_from_bytes (in6addr_any.s6_addr, family);
+#else
+    static const struct in6_addr my_in6addr_any = IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT;
+    return g_inet_address_new_from_bytes (my_in6addr_any.s6_addr, family);
+#endif
+    }
 }