diff --git a/gunicorn/socketfromfd.py b/gunicorn/socketfromfd.py
index 521e0f00..a7f7b899 100644
--- a/gunicorn/socketfromfd.py
+++ b/gunicorn/socketfromfd.py
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ from .util import find_library
 
 __all__ = ('fromfd',)
 
+SO_DOMAIN = getattr(socket, 'SO_DOMAIN', 39)
+SO_TYPE = getattr(socket, 'SO_TYPE', 3)
+SO_PROTOCOL = getattr(socket, 'SO_PROTOCOL', 38)
+
 _libc_name = find_library('c')
 if _libc_name is not None:
     if sys.platform.startswith("aix"):
@@ -43,12 +47,8 @@ def _errcheck_errno(result, func, arguments):
 
 if platform.system() == 'SunOS':
     _libc_getsockopt = libc._so_getsockopt
-    _libc_getsockname = libc._so_getsockname
 else:
     _libc_getsockopt = libc.getsockopt
-    _libc_getsockname = libc.getsockname
-
-
 _libc_getsockopt.argtypes = [
     ctypes.c_int,  # int sockfd
     ctypes.c_int,  # int level
@@ -59,17 +59,6 @@ _libc_getsockopt.argtypes = [
 _libc_getsockopt.restype = ctypes.c_int  # 0: ok, -1: err
 _libc_getsockopt.errcheck = _errcheck_errno
 
-class SockAddr(ctypes.Structure):
-    _fields_ = [
-        ('sa_len', ctypes.c_uint8),
-        ('sa_family', ctypes.c_uint8),
-        ('sa_data', ctypes.c_char * 14)
-    ]
-_libc_getsockname.argtypes = [
-    ctypes.c_int,
-    ctypes.POINTER(SockAddr),
-    ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_int)
-]
 
 def _raw_getsockopt(fd, level, optname):
     """Make raw getsockopt() call for int32 optval
@@ -85,11 +74,6 @@ def _raw_getsockopt(fd, level, optname):
                      ctypes.byref(optval), ctypes.byref(optlen))
     return optval.value
 
-def _raw_getsockname(fd):
-    sockaddr = SockAddr()
-    len = ctypes.c_int(ctypes.sizeof(sockaddr))
-    _libc_getsockname(fd, sockaddr, len)
-    return sockaddr.sa_family
 
 def fromfd(fd, keep_fd=True):
     """Create a socket from a file descriptor
@@ -108,15 +92,10 @@ def fromfd(fd, keep_fd=True):
     :return: socket.socket instance
     :raises OSError: for invalid socket fd
     """
-    family = _raw_getsockname(fd)
-    if hasattr(socket, 'SO_TYPE'):
-        typ = _raw_getsockopt(fd, socket.SOL_SOCKET, getattr(socket, 'SO_TYPE'))
-    else:
-        typ = socket.SOCK_STREAM
-    if hasattr(socket, 'SO_PROTOCOL'):
-        proto = _raw_getsockopt(fd, socket.SOL_SOCKET, getattr(socket, 'SO_PROTOCOL'))
-    else:
-        proto = 0
+    family = _raw_getsockopt(fd, socket.SOL_SOCKET, SO_DOMAIN)
+    typ = _raw_getsockopt(fd, socket.SOL_SOCKET, SO_TYPE)
+    proto = _raw_getsockopt(fd, socket.SOL_SOCKET, SO_PROTOCOL)
+    s
     if keep_fd:
         return socket.fromfd(fd, family, typ, proto)
     else: