diff --git a/src/account/imap4.c b/src/account/imap4.c
index ff84446..6af5ecb 100644
--- a/src/account/imap4.c
+++ b/src/account/imap4.c
@@ -1206,7 +1206,8 @@ static gboolean _on_connect(gpointer data)
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 	/* create the socket */
-	if((imap4->fd = socket(ai->ai_family, ai->ai_socktype, 0)) == -1)
+	if((imap4->fd = socket(ai->ai_family, ai->ai_socktype, ai->ai_protocol))
+			== -1)
 	{
 		helper->error(helper->account, strerror(errno), 1);
 		_imap4_stop(imap4);
diff --git a/src/account/pop3.c b/src/account/pop3.c
index daa5de1..fbaf965 100644
--- a/src/account/pop3.c
+++ b/src/account/pop3.c
@@ -666,7 +666,8 @@ static gboolean _on_connect(gpointer data)
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 	/* create the socket */
-	if((pop3->fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1)
+	if((pop3->fd = socket(ai->ai_family, ai->ai_socktype, ai->ai_protocol))
+			== -1)
 	{
 		helper->error(helper->account, strerror(errno), 1);
 		_pop3_stop(pop3);