diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 977499aa0d..ea5499a642 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
    past entries belonging to author(s): Viktor Szakats.
 */
 
+2009-09-01 21:08 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
+  * harbour/source/rtl/hbinet.c
+    * return logical value from hb_socketInit() function.
+
 2009-09-01 21:00 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
   * harbour/config/lib.mk
   * harbour/config/bin.mk
diff --git a/harbour/source/rtl/hbinet.c b/harbour/source/rtl/hbinet.c
index ef877447d6..8bc5b6c8de 100644
--- a/harbour/source/rtl/hbinet.c
+++ b/harbour/source/rtl/hbinet.c
@@ -195,11 +195,16 @@ static void hb_inetAutoInit( void )
 
 HB_FUNC( HB_INETINIT )
 {
+   int ret;
    hb_atomic_set( &s_initialize, 0 );
-   hb_socketInit();
+   ret = hb_socketInit();
+   if( ret == 0 )
+   {
 #if defined( HB_INET_LINUX_INTERRUPT )
-   signal( HB_INET_LINUX_INTERRUPT, hb_inetLinuxSigusrHandle );
+      signal( HB_INET_LINUX_INTERRUPT, hb_inetLinuxSigusrHandle );
 #endif
+   }
+   hb_retl( ret == 0 );
 }
 
 HB_FUNC( HB_INETCLEANUP )