diff --git a/src/net.rs b/src/net.rs
index f3d1930..95ee93a 100644
--- a/src/net.rs
+++ b/src/net.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ use std::os::windows::prelude::*;
 
 use net2::TcpBuilder;
 use winapi::*;
+use winapi::shared::inaddr::{in_addr_S_un, IN_ADDR};
+use winapi::shared::in6addr::{in6_addr_u, IN6_ADDR};
 use ws2_32::*;
 
 /// A type to represent a buffer in which a socket address will be stored.
@@ -478,13 +480,63 @@ 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_LH,
+}
+
+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 sin_addr = unsafe {
+                let mut s_un = mem::zeroed::<in_addr_S_un>();
+                *s_un.S_addr_mut() = u32::from_ne_bytes(a.ip().octets());
+                IN_ADDR { S_un: s_un }
+            };
+
+            let sockaddr_in = SOCKADDR_IN {
+                sin_family: AF_INET as ADDRESS_FAMILY,
+                sin_port: a.port().to_be(),
+                sin_addr,
+                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 sin6_addr = unsafe {
+                let mut u = mem::zeroed::<in6_addr_u>();
+                *u.Byte_mut() = a.ip().octets();
+                IN6_ADDR { u }
+            };
+            let u = unsafe {
+                let mut u = mem::zeroed::<SOCKADDR_IN6_LH_u>();
+                *u.sin6_scope_id_mut() = a.scope_id();
+                u
+            };
+
+            let sockaddr_in6 = SOCKADDR_IN6_LH {
+                sin6_family: AF_INET6 as ADDRESS_FAMILY,
+                sin6_port: a.port().to_be(),
+                sin6_addr,
+                sin6_flowinfo: a.flowinfo(),
+                u,
+            };
+
+            let sockaddr = SocketAddrCRepr { v6: sockaddr_in6 };
+            (sockaddr, mem::size_of::<SOCKADDR_IN6_LH>() as c_int)
         }
     }
 }
@@ -643,7 +695,7 @@ 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 +746,7 @@ 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)
     }