diff --git a/generator/config/specialCasesFunctions.php b/generator/config/specialCasesFunctions.php
index 31febcc4..217c9512 100644
--- a/generator/config/specialCasesFunctions.php
+++ b/generator/config/specialCasesFunctions.php
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@
     'simplexml_load_file',
     'simplexml_load_string',
     'fgetcsv',  // This function need to return false when iterating on an end of file.
+    'inet_pton',
 ];
diff --git a/lib/special_cases.php b/lib/special_cases.php
index a4e85a93..890e49dc 100644
--- a/lib/special_cases.php
+++ b/lib/special_cases.php
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 namespace Safe;
 
 use Safe\Exceptions\FilesystemException;
+use Safe\Exceptions\NetworkException;
+use function error_clear_last;
 use const PREG_NO_ERROR;
 
 use Safe\Exceptions\MiscException;
@@ -440,3 +442,18 @@ function fgetcsv($stream, int $length = null, string $separator = ",", string $e
     }
     return $safeResult;
 }
+
+/**
+ * @param string $ip A human readable IPv4 or IPv6 address.
+ * @return string Returns the in_addr representation of the given ip,
+ * @throws NetworkException
+ */
+function inet_pton(string $ip): string
+{
+    error_clear_last();
+    $safeResult = \inet_pton($ip);
+    if ($safeResult === false) {
+        throw NetworkException::createFromPhpError();
+    }
+    return $safeResult;
+}
diff --git a/rector-migrate.php b/rector-migrate.php
index 8bd9d7bd..aa0c52dd 100644
--- a/rector-migrate.php
+++ b/rector-migrate.php
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@
             'imap_unsubscribe' => 'Safe\imap_unsubscribe',
             'imap_utf8_to_mutf7' => 'Safe\imap_utf8_to_mutf7',
             'inet_ntop' => 'Safe\inet_ntop',
+            'inet_pton' => 'Safe\inet_pton',
             'inflate_add' => 'Safe\inflate_add',
             'inflate_get_read_len' => 'Safe\inflate_get_read_len',
             'inflate_get_status' => 'Safe\inflate_get_status',