diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c

index af4031c..759099c 100644

--- a/src/util.c

+++ b/src/util.c

@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ int legal_hostname(char *name)

     /* check for legal char a-z A-Z 0-9 - _ . */

     {

       if ((c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') ||

-	  (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z'))

+	  (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') ||

+	  (c >= '0' && c <= '9'))

 	continue;

       if (!first && 

-	  ((c >= '0' && c <= '9') ||

-	   c == '-' || c == '_'))

+	  (c == '-' || c == '_'))

 	continue;

       /* end of hostname part */