diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e719987d68..fa18a42960 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Fixed
 - Fix length of abstract socket addresses
   ([#1120](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1120))
+- Fix initialization of msghdr in recvmsg/sendmsg when built with musl
+  ([#1136](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1136))
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/sys/socket/mod.rs b/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
index ca4505fa7d..9e8cefaee5 100644
--- a/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ pub fn sendmsg(fd: RawFd, iov: &[IoVec<&[u8]>], cmsgs: &[ControlMessage],
     let mhdr = unsafe {
         // Musl's msghdr has private fields, so this is the only way to
         // initialize it.
-        let mut mhdr = mem::MaybeUninit::<msghdr>::uninit();
+        let mut mhdr = mem::MaybeUninit::<msghdr>::zeroed();
         let p = mhdr.as_mut_ptr();
         (*p).msg_name = name as *mut _;
         (*p).msg_namelen = namelen;
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ pub fn recvmsg<'a>(fd: RawFd, iov: &[IoVec<&mut [u8]>],
     let mut mhdr = unsafe {
         // Musl's msghdr has private fields, so this is the only way to
         // initialize it.
-        let mut mhdr = mem::MaybeUninit::<msghdr>::uninit();
+        let mut mhdr = mem::MaybeUninit::<msghdr>::zeroed();
         let p = mhdr.as_mut_ptr();
         (*p).msg_name = address.as_mut_ptr() as *mut c_void;
         (*p).msg_namelen = mem::size_of::<sockaddr_storage>() as socklen_t;