diff --git a/src/network/htonl.c b/src/network/htonl.c
index b21dace04600aea25b95bcc9435a28f9ef6bfec2..6622d16cc5351749d1b76c5f24aa71009b018ff0 100644
--- a/src/network/htonl.c
+++ b/src/network/htonl.c
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <byteswap.h>
 
 uint32_t htonl(uint32_t n)
 {
-	union {
-		uint8_t b[4];
-		uint32_t i;
-	} u = { { n>>24, n>>16, n>>8, n } };
-	return u.i;
+	union { int i; char c; } u = { 1 };
+	return u.c ? bswap_32(n) : n;
 }
diff --git a/src/network/htons.c b/src/network/htons.c
index 522504a5ddf25d0b95564a0122b61a926c1fe651..03a3a1d59ed4d5d10272d2751920ce3f8bec080b 100644
--- a/src/network/htons.c
+++ b/src/network/htons.c
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <byteswap.h>
 
 uint16_t htons(uint16_t n)
 {
-	union {
-		uint8_t b[2];
-		uint16_t s;
-	} u = { { n>>8, n } };
-	return u.s;
+	union { int i; char c; } u = { 1 };
+	return u.c ? bswap_16(n) : n;
 }
diff --git a/src/network/ntohl.c b/src/network/ntohl.c
index 6437919667d84d28b95689962643e6d100997253..d6fce4590d43a3ee868d7cd807c89c0b6599ee3e 100644
--- a/src/network/ntohl.c
+++ b/src/network/ntohl.c
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <byteswap.h>
 
 uint32_t ntohl(uint32_t n)
 {
-	union {
-		uint32_t i;
-		uint8_t b[4];
-	} u = { n };
-	return (u.b[0]<<24) | (u.b[1]<<16) | (u.b[2]<<8) | u.b[3];
+	union { int i; char c; } u = { 1 };
+	return u.c ? bswap_32(n) : n;
 }
diff --git a/src/network/ntohs.c b/src/network/ntohs.c
index 3544a4798cfc43ea3f6fe8cddd698c78d66a0279..745cef425a1947f119880d499e7829146e049470 100644
--- a/src/network/ntohs.c
+++ b/src/network/ntohs.c
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <byteswap.h>
 
 uint16_t ntohs(uint16_t n)
 {
-	union {
-		uint16_t s;
-		uint8_t b[2];
-	} u = { n };
-	return (u.b[0]<<8) | u.b[1];
+	union { int i; char c; } u = { 1 };
+	return u.c ? bswap_16(n) : n;
 }