--- src/nss.c
+++ src/nss.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@
 #ifdef MDNS_MINIMAL
 
     /* Only query for 169.254.0.0/16 IPv4 in minimal mode */
-    if ((af == AF_INET && ((ntohl(*(const uint32_t*)  addr) & 0xFFFF0000UL) != 0xA9FE0000UL)) ||
+    if ((af == AF_INET && !(((const uint8_t*) addr)[0] == 169 && (((const uint8_t*) addr)[1] == 254))) ||
         (af == AF_INET6 && !(((const uint8_t*) addr)[0] == 0xFE && (((const uint8_t*) addr)[1] >> 6) == 2))) {
 
         *errnop = EINVAL;