diff --git a/bacnet-stack/ports/linux/bip-init.c b/bacnet-stack/ports/linux/bip-init.c
index 508d6703..3048ccba 100644
--- a/bacnet-stack/ports/linux/bip-init.c
+++ b/bacnet-stack/ports/linux/bip-init.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ void bip_set_interface(
 {
     struct in_addr local_address;
     struct in_addr broadcast_address;
+    struct in_addr netmask;
     int rv = 0;
 
     /* setup local address */
@@ -120,10 +121,15 @@ void bip_set_interface(
         fprintf(stderr, "IP Address: %s\n", inet_ntoa(local_address));
     }
     /* setup local broadcast address */
-    rv = get_local_address_ioctl(ifname, &broadcast_address, SIOCGIFBRDADDR);
+    rv = get_local_address_ioctl(ifname, &netmask, SIOCGIFNETMASK);
+
     if (rv < 0) {
         broadcast_address.s_addr = ~0;
     }
+    else {
+        broadcast_address = local_address;
+        broadcast_address.s_addr |= (~netmask.s_addr);
+    }
     bip_set_broadcast_addr(broadcast_address.s_addr);
     if (BIP_Debug) {
         fprintf(stderr, "IP Broadcast Address: %s\n",