diff --git a/include/sniffer.h b/include/sniffer.h
index bb3b3c4..51b5594 100644
--- a/include/sniffer.h
+++ b/include/sniffer.h
@@ -231,17 +231,21 @@ namespace Tins {
             bool &went_well;
             pcap_t *handle;
             
+            void proxy_pcap_breakloop(pcap_t *);
+
             PCapLoopBreaker(bool &went_well, pcap_t *handle)
             : went_well(went_well), handle(handle) { }
             
             ~PCapLoopBreaker() {
                 if(!went_well)
-                    pcap_breakloop(handle);
+                    proxy_pcap_breakloop(handle);
             }
         };
     
         BaseSniffer(const BaseSniffer&);
         BaseSniffer &operator=(const BaseSniffer&);
+
+        int proxy_pcap_loop(pcap_t *, int, pcap_handler, u_char *);
         
         
         template<class ConcretePDU, class Functor>
@@ -301,7 +305,7 @@ namespace Tins {
     template<class Functor>
     void Tins::BaseSniffer::sniff_loop(Functor function, uint32_t max_packets) {
         LoopData<Functor> data(handle, function, iface_type);
-        pcap_loop(handle, max_packets, &BaseSniffer::callback_handler<Functor>, (u_char*)&data);
+        proxy_pcap_loop(handle, max_packets, &BaseSniffer::callback_handler<Functor>, (u_char*)&data);
     }
     
     template<class ConcretePDU, class Functor>
diff --git a/src/sniffer.cpp b/src/sniffer.cpp
index 7431bba..19efd32 100644
--- a/src/sniffer.cpp
+++ b/src/sniffer.cpp
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ bool BaseSniffer::set_filter(const std::string &filter) {
     return compile_set_filter(filter, actual_filter);
 }
 
+int BaseSniffer::proxy_pcap_loop(pcap_t *p1, int p2, pcap_handler p3, u_char *p4) {
+    return pcap_loop(p1, p2, p3, p4);
+}
+
+void BaseSniffer::PCapLoopBreaker::proxy_pcap_breakloop(pcap_t *p1) {
+    pcap_breakloop(p1);
+}
+
 // ****************************** Sniffer ******************************
 
 Sniffer::Sniffer(const string &device, unsigned max_packet_size,