diff --git a/lib/rex/logging/log_dispatcher.rb b/lib/rex/logging/log_dispatcher.rb
index 01c6b7e479..2d811f0e92 100644
--- a/lib/rex/logging/log_dispatcher.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/logging/log_dispatcher.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'Rex'
+require 'Rex/Logging/LogSink'
 
 module Rex
 module Logging
diff --git a/lib/rex/socket.rb b/lib/rex/socket.rb
index 722ba7de4c..5f00273dcc 100644
--- a/lib/rex/socket.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/socket.rb
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ class Socket
 		return [ af, up.join('.'), port ]
 	end
 
+	#
+	# Resolves a host to raw network-byte order
+	#
+	def self.resolv_nbo(host)
+		return to_sockaddr(host, 0)[4,4]
+	end
+
 	##
 	#
 	# Class initialization
diff --git a/lib/rex/socket.rb.ut.rb b/lib/rex/socket.rb.ut.rb
index cc5f89c554..6336d6993a 100644
--- a/lib/rex/socket.rb.ut.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/socket.rb.ut.rb
@@ -54,4 +54,8 @@ class Rex::Socket::UnitTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 		assert_equal(22, port, "port = 22")
 	end
 
+	def test_resolv_nbo
+		assert_equal("\x04\x03\x02\x01", Rex::Socket.resolv_nbo("4.3.2.1"))
+	end
+
 end