diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 86adc794d47..9592bec933e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -17686,13 +17686,13 @@ int
 main ()
 {
 
-    char *name=NULL;
+    char *name=0;
     struct hostent he;
     struct hostent *result;
-    char *buf=NULL;
+    char *buf=0;
     int bufsize=0;
     int res,errnr;
-    char *addr=NULL;
+    char *addr=0;
     int addrlen=0;
     int addrtype=0;
     res=gethostbyname_r(name,&he,buf,bufsize,&result,&errnr);
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 55c65624698..586321e40c4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1363,13 +1363,13 @@ fi
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether we can use re-entrant gethostbyname_r Linux style],
    	wine_cv_linux_gethostbyname_r_6,
 	AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <netdb.h>]],[[
-    char *name=NULL;
+    char *name=0;
     struct hostent he;
     struct hostent *result;
-    char *buf=NULL;
+    char *buf=0;
     int bufsize=0;
     int res,errnr;
-    char *addr=NULL;
+    char *addr=0;
     int addrlen=0;
     int addrtype=0;
     res=gethostbyname_r(name,&he,buf,bufsize,&result,&errnr);