diff --git a/include/netinet/in.h b/include/netinet/in.h
index c031254e19b..68997c3272a 100644
--- a/include/netinet/in.h
+++ b/include/netinet/in.h
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@
                                                     * the incoming packet */
 #define IP_TOS                (__SO_PROTOCOL + 13) /* Access the Type-Of-Service
                                                     * (TOS) field  */
+#define IP_TTL                (__SO_PROTOCOL + 14) /* The IP TTL (time to live)
+                                                    * of IP packets sent by the
+                                                    * network stack*/
 
 /* SOL_IPV6 protocol-level socket options. */