diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6e42523..927e249 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ abstractions.
 winapi = "0.2"
 kernel32-sys = "0.2"
 ws2_32-sys = "0.2"
-net2 = { version = "0.2.5", default-features = false }
+net2 = { version = "0.2.36", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = "0.3"
diff --git a/src/net.rs b/src/net.rs
index f3d1930..5c6eb45 100644
--- a/src/net.rs
+++ b/src/net.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ use std::os::windows::prelude::*;
 
 use net2::TcpBuilder;
 use winapi::*;
+use winapi::inaddr::IN_ADDR;
+use winapi::ws2def::SOCKADDR_IN;
+use winapi::ws2ipdef::{in6_addr, sockaddr_in6};
 use ws2_32::*;
 
 /// A type to represent a buffer in which a socket address will be stored.
@@ -478,13 +481,46 @@ fn cvt(i: c_int, size: DWORD) -> io::Result<Option<usize>> {
     }
 }
 
-fn socket_addr_to_ptrs(addr: &SocketAddr) -> (*const SOCKADDR, c_int) {
+/// A type with the same memory layout as `SOCKADDR`. Used in converting Rust level
+/// SocketAddr* types into their system representation. The benefit of this specific
+/// type over using `SOCKADDR_STORAGE` is that this type is exactly as large as it
+/// needs to be and not a lot larger. And it can be initialized cleaner from Rust.
+#[repr(C)]
+pub(crate) union SocketAddrCRepr {
+    v4: SOCKADDR_IN,
+    v6: sockaddr_in6,
+}
+
+impl SocketAddrCRepr {
+    pub(crate) fn as_ptr(&self) -> *const SOCKADDR {
+        self as *const _ as *const SOCKADDR
+    }
+}
+
+fn socket_addr_to_ptrs(addr: &SocketAddr) -> (SocketAddrCRepr, c_int) {
     match *addr {
         SocketAddr::V4(ref a) => {
-            (a as *const _ as *const _, mem::size_of::<SOCKADDR_IN>() as c_int)
+            let sockaddr_in = SOCKADDR_IN {
+                sin_family: AF_INET as ADDRESS_FAMILY,
+                sin_port: a.port().to_be(),
+                sin_addr: IN_ADDR { S_un: u32::from(*a.ip()).to_be() },
+                sin_zero: [0; 8],
+            };
+
+            let sockaddr = SocketAddrCRepr { v4: sockaddr_in };
+            (sockaddr, mem::size_of::<SOCKADDR_IN>() as c_int)
         }
         SocketAddr::V6(ref a) => {
-            (a as *const _ as *const _, mem::size_of::<sockaddr_in6>() as c_int)
+            let sockaddr_in6 = sockaddr_in6 {
+                sin6_family: AF_INET6 as i16,
+                sin6_port: a.port().to_be(),
+                sin6_addr: in6_addr { s6_addr: a.ip().octets() },
+                sin6_flowinfo: a.flowinfo(),
+                sin6_scope_id: a.scope_id(),
+            };
+
+            let sockaddr = SocketAddrCRepr { v6: sockaddr_in6 };
+            (sockaddr, mem::size_of::<sockaddr_in6>() as c_int)
         }
     }
 }
@@ -643,7 +679,7 @@ unsafe fn connect_overlapped(socket: SOCKET,
 
     let (addr_buf, addr_len) = socket_addr_to_ptrs(addr);
     let mut bytes_sent: DWORD = 0;
-    let r = connect_ex(socket, addr_buf, addr_len,
+    let r = connect_ex(socket, addr_buf.as_ptr(), addr_len,
                        buf.as_ptr() as *mut _,
                        buf.len() as u32,
                        &mut bytes_sent, overlapped);
@@ -694,7 +730,7 @@ impl UdpSocketExt for UdpSocket {
         let mut sent_bytes = 0;
         let r = WSASendTo(self.as_raw_socket(), &mut buf, 1,
                           &mut sent_bytes, 0,
-                          addr_buf as *const _, addr_len,
+                          addr_buf.as_ptr() as *const _, addr_len,
                           overlapped, None);
         cvt(r, sent_bytes)
     }