diff --git a/libxtables/xtoptions.c b/libxtables/xtoptions.c
index 452e0fe..0654cb6 100644
--- a/libxtables/xtoptions.c
+++ b/libxtables/xtoptions.c
@@ -562,6 +562,20 @@ static int xtables_getportbyname(const char *name)
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = getaddrinfo(NULL, name, NULL, &res);
+	if (ret == EAI_SERVICE) {
+		/*
+		 * glibc-2.3.2 has a bug that yields EAI_SERVICE when
+		 * name is a number in string format, e.g. "67".
+		 * (http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=358)
+		 * Fall back to strtoul if it is such a plain number.
+		 */
+		char *end;
+
+		ret = strtoul(name, &end, 10);
+		if (name != end && *end == '\0')
+			return ret;
+		return -1;
+	}
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return -1;
 	ret = -1;