diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 827586960d..44751d42fc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "redox_netstack"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "byteorder 1.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.3.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "netutils 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/redox-os/netutils.git)",
  "redox_event 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/redox-os/event.git)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 25cc10c017..3f6b71053e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ path = "src/smolnetd/main.rs"
 netutils = { git = "https://github.com/redox-os/netutils.git" }
 redox_event = { git = "https://github.com/redox-os/event.git" }
 redox_syscall = { git = "https://github.com/redox-os/syscall.git" }
+byteorder = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
 
 [dependencies.log]
 version = "0.3"
diff --git a/src/smolnetd/main.rs b/src/smolnetd/main.rs
index 59e39841e6..fa51bf27ea 100644
--- a/src/smolnetd/main.rs
+++ b/src/smolnetd/main.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ extern crate log;
 extern crate netutils;
 extern crate smoltcp;
 extern crate syscall;
+extern crate byteorder;
 
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::fs::File;
diff --git a/src/smolnetd/scheme/icmp.rs b/src/smolnetd/scheme/icmp.rs
index 412666ca35..bccb75a3b0 100644
--- a/src/smolnetd/scheme/icmp.rs
+++ b/src/smolnetd/scheme/icmp.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::mem;
 use std::str;
 use syscall::{Error as SyscallError, Result as SyscallResult};
 use syscall;
+use byteorder::{ByteOrder, NetworkEndian};
 
 use device::NetworkDevice;
 use port_set::PortSet;
@@ -135,8 +136,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> SchemeSocket for IcmpSocket<'a, 'b> {
                         return Err(SyscallError::new(syscall::EINVAL));
                     }
                     let (seq_buf, payload) = buf.split_at(mem::size_of::<u16>());
-                    // Don't really care about endianness here as long as it's consistent with read
-                    let seq_no: u16 = u16::from(seq_buf[0]) | (u16::from(seq_buf[1]) << 8);
+                    let seq_no = NetworkEndian::read_u16(seq_buf);
                     let icmp_repr = Icmpv4Repr::EchoRequest {
                         ident: file.data.ident,
                         seq_no,
@@ -173,10 +173,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> SchemeSocket for IcmpSocket<'a, 'b> {
                 if buf.len() < mem::size_of::<u16>() + data.len() {
                     return Err(SyscallError::new(syscall::EINVAL));
                 }
-
-                // Don't really care about endianness here as long as it's consistent with read
-                buf[0] = (seq_no & 0xff) as u8;
-                buf[1] = (seq_no >> 8) as u8;
+                NetworkEndian::write_u16(&mut buf[0..2], seq_no);
 
                 for i in 0..data.len() {
                     buf[mem::size_of::<u16>() + i] = data[i];