@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008-2021 Jonathan Schleifer <js@nil.im>
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2022 Jonathan Schleifer <js@nil.im>
  *
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * This file is part of ObjFW. It may be distributed under the terms of the
  * Q Public License 1.0, which can be found in the file LICENSE.QPL included in
@@ -64,10 +64,14 @@
 # define RESOLV_CONF_PATH @"AmiTCP:db/resolv.conf"
 #else
 # define HOSTS_PATH @"/etc/hosts"
 # define RESOLV_CONF_PATH @"/etc/resolv.conf"
 #endif
+
+#ifndef HOST_NAME_MAX
+# define HOST_NAME_MAX 255
+#endif
 
 #ifndef OF_WII
 static OFString *
 domainFromHostname(OFString *hostname)
 {
@@ -100,13 +104,13 @@
 
 #if !defined(OF_WII) && !defined(OF_MORPHOS)
 static OFString *
 obtainHostname(void)
 {
-	char hostname[256];
+	char hostname[HOST_NAME_MAX + 1];
 
-	if (gethostname(hostname, 256) != 0)
+	if (gethostname(hostname, HOST_NAME_MAX + 1) != 0)
 		return nil;
 
 	return [OFString stringWithCString: hostname
 				  encoding: [OFLocale encoding]];
 }