diff --git a/xrogue/state.c b/xrogue/state.c
index 5e2801e..d30d73b 100644
--- a/xrogue/state.c
+++ b/xrogue/state.c
@@ -3327,18 +3327,38 @@ md_killchar()
     return(killchar());
 }
 
-long
-md_ntohl(netlong)
-long netlong;
+int md_endian = 0x01020304;
+
+unsigned long int
+md_ntohl(unsigned long int x)
 {
-    return( ntohl(netlong) );
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    if ( *((char *)&md_endian) == 0x01 )
+        return(x);
+    else
+        return( ((x & 0x000000ffU) << 24) |
+                ((x & 0x0000ff00U) <<  8) |
+                ((x & 0x00ff0000U) >>  8) |
+                ((x & 0xff000000U) >> 24) );
+#else
+    return( ntohl(x) );
+#endif
 }
 
-long
-md_htonl(netlong)
-long netlong;
+unsigned long int
+md_htonl(unsigned long int x)
 {
-    return(htonl(netlong));
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    if ( *((char *)&md_endian) == 0x01 )
+        return(x);
+    else
+        return( ((x & 0x000000ffU) << 24) |
+                ((x & 0x0000ff00U) <<  8) |
+                ((x & 0x00ff0000U) >>  8) |
+                ((x & 0xff000000U) >> 24) );
+#else
+    return( htonl(x) );
+#endif
 }
 
 void
@@ -3493,4 +3513,3 @@ md_unlink(char *file)
     return(unlink(file));
 #endif
 }
-
diff --git a/xrogue/xcrypt.c b/xrogue/xcrypt.c
index 8214747..a65c6f9 100644
--- a/xrogue/xcrypt.c
+++ b/xrogue/xcrypt.c
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
 
 #define _PASSWORD_EFMT1 '_'
 
+unsigned long int md_htonl(unsigned long int x);
+unsigned long int md_ntohl(unsigned long int x);
+
 static unsigned char    IP[64] = {
     58, 50, 42, 34, 26, 18, 10,  2, 60, 52, 44, 36, 28, 20, 12,  4,
     62, 54, 46, 38, 30, 22, 14,  6, 64, 56, 48, 40, 32, 24, 16,  8,