diff --git a/src/api/sockets.c b/src/api/sockets.c
index e74ceea1..c1539b91 100644
--- a/src/api/sockets.c
+++ b/src/api/sockets.c
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@
       (sin6)->sin6_family = AF_INET6; \
       (sin6)->sin6_port = htons((port)); \
       (sin6)->sin6_flowinfo = 0; \
-      inet6_addr_from_ip6addr(&(sin6)->sin6_addr, ipaddr); }while(0)
+      inet6_addr_from_ip6addr(&(sin6)->sin6_addr, ipaddr); \
+      (sin6)->sin6_scope_id = 0; }while(0)
 #define SOCKADDR6_TO_IP6ADDR_PORT(sin6, ipaddr, port) do { \
     inet6_addr_to_ip6addr(ip_2_ip6(ipaddr), &((sin6)->sin6_addr)); \
     (port) = ntohs((sin6)->sin6_port); }while(0)
diff --git a/src/include/lwip/sockets.h b/src/include/lwip/sockets.h
index 47f89e13..0e795e1f 100644
--- a/src/include/lwip/sockets.h
+++ b/src/include/lwip/sockets.h
@@ -71,22 +71,19 @@ struct sockaddr_in {
 
 #if LWIP_IPV6
 struct sockaddr_in6 {
-  u8_t            sin6_len;      /* length of this structure */
-  sa_family_t     sin6_family;   /* AF_INET6                 */
-  in_port_t       sin6_port;     /* Transport layer port #   */
-  u32_t           sin6_flowinfo; /* IPv6 flow information    */
-  struct in6_addr sin6_addr;     /* IPv6 address             */
+  u8_t            sin6_len;      /* length of this structure    */
+  sa_family_t     sin6_family;   /* AF_INET6                    */
+  in_port_t       sin6_port;     /* Transport layer port #      */
+  u32_t           sin6_flowinfo; /* IPv6 flow information       */
+  struct in6_addr sin6_addr;     /* IPv6 address                */
+  u32_t           sin6_scope_id; /* Set of interfaces for scope */
 };
 #endif /* LWIP_IPV6 */
 
 struct sockaddr {
   u8_t        sa_len;
   sa_family_t sa_family;
-#if LWIP_IPV6
-  char        sa_data[22];
-#else /* LWIP_IPV6 */
   char        sa_data[14];
-#endif /* LWIP_IPV6 */
 };
 
 struct sockaddr_storage {
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ struct sockaddr_storage {
   char        s2_data1[2];
   u32_t       s2_data2[3];
 #if LWIP_IPV6
-  u32_t       s2_data3[2];
+  u32_t       s2_data3[3];
 #endif /* LWIP_IPV6 */
 };