diff --git a/src/header/bits_safamily-t/mod.rs b/src/header/bits_safamily-t/mod.rs
index dc5099887f..706ee0a78e 100644
--- a/src/header/bits_safamily-t/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/bits_safamily-t/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-pub type sa_family_t = u16;
+use crate::platform::types::c_ushort;
+
+pub type sa_family_t = c_ushort;