diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 523bf30419..39bceab7b0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
   (#[1639](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1639))
 
 ### Fixed
+
+- `InetAddr::from_std` now sets the `sin_len`/`sin6_len` fields on the BSDs.
+  (#[1642](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1642))
+
 ### Removed
 
 - Removed public access to the inner fields of `NetlinkAddr`, `AlgAddr`,
diff --git a/src/sys/socket/addr.rs b/src/sys/socket/addr.rs
index 67e5d6c64f..4517c5489f 100644
--- a/src/sys/socket/addr.rs
+++ b/src/sys/socket/addr.rs
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ impl InetAddr {
         match *std {
             net::SocketAddr::V4(ref addr) => {
                 InetAddr::V4(libc::sockaddr_in {
+                    #[cfg(any(target_os = "dragonfly", target_os = "freebsd",
+                              target_os = "haiku", target_os = "hermit",
+                              target_os = "ios", target_os = "macos",
+                              target_os = "netbsd", target_os = "openbsd"))]
+                    sin_len: mem::size_of::<libc::sockaddr_in>() as u8,
                     sin_family: AddressFamily::Inet as sa_family_t,
                     sin_port: addr.port().to_be(),  // network byte order
                     sin_addr: Ipv4Addr::from_std(addr.ip()).0,
@@ -338,6 +343,11 @@ impl InetAddr {
             }
             net::SocketAddr::V6(ref addr) => {
                 InetAddr::V6(libc::sockaddr_in6 {
+                    #[cfg(any(target_os = "dragonfly", target_os = "freebsd",
+                              target_os = "haiku", target_os = "hermit",
+                              target_os = "ios", target_os = "macos",
+                              target_os = "netbsd", target_os = "openbsd"))]
+                    sin6_len: mem::size_of::<libc::sockaddr_in6>() as u8,
                     sin6_family: AddressFamily::Inet6 as sa_family_t,
                     sin6_port: addr.port().to_be(),  // network byte order
                     sin6_addr: Ipv6Addr::from_std(addr.ip()).0,