diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index ec00d96dda2..a1a208daa41 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-07-21  Mohan Embar  <gnustuff@thisiscool.com>
+
+	* gnu/java/net/natPlainSocketImplPosix.cc (bind): Clear
+	SockAddr before using - needed for OS X/PPC.
+
 2006-07-21  Keith Seitz  <keiths@redhat.com>
 
 	* boehm.cc (_Jv_SuspendThread): Don't ifdef the function declaration,
diff --git a/libjava/gnu/java/net/natPlainSocketImplPosix.cc b/libjava/gnu/java/net/natPlainSocketImplPosix.cc
index 28707db4de8..2dfc38cda5e 100644
--- a/libjava/gnu/java/net/natPlainSocketImplPosix.cc
+++ b/libjava/gnu/java/net/natPlainSocketImplPosix.cc
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ gnu::java::net::PlainSocketImpl::bind (::java::net::InetAddress *host, jint lpor
   int len = haddress->length;
   int i = 1;
 
+  // The following is needed for OS X/PPC, otherwise bind() fails with an
+  // error. I found the issue and following fix on some mailing list, but
+  // no explanation was given as to why this solved the problem.
+  memset (&u, 0, sizeof (u));
+
   if (len == 4)
     {
       u.address.sin_family = AF_INET;