--- ./src/fping.c.orig	2015-02-02 10:39:46.413468146 -0100
+++ ./src/fping.c	2015-02-02 10:41:00.654442294 -0100
@@ -2045,7 +2045,9 @@
     bzero(&hints, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
     hints.ai_flags = 0;
     hints.ai_family = AF_INET6;
-    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_RAW;
+    /* setting socket type confuses musl libc and we dont need it for name
+       resolution */
+   // hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_RAW;
     hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_ICMPV6;
     ret_ga = getaddrinfo(name, NULL, &hints, &res);
     if (ret_ga) {