diff --git a/syslogd.c b/syslogd.c
index 8553f15..322cad7 100644
--- a/syslogd.c
+++ b/syslogd.c
@@ -715,7 +715,9 @@ int	repeatinterval[] = { 30, 60 };	/* # of secs before flush */
 				 (f)->f_repeatcount = MAXREPEAT; \
 			}
 #ifdef SYSLOG_INET
+#ifndef INET_SUSPEND_TIME
 #define INET_SUSPEND_TIME 180		/* equal to 3 minutes */
+#endif
 #define INET_RETRY_MAX 10		/* maximum of retries for getaddrinfo() */
 #endif