diff --git a/lib/socket.cpp b/lib/socket.cpp
index fe21ef5f..b74dd96e 100644
--- a/lib/socket.cpp
+++ b/lib/socket.cpp
@@ -6,15 +6,13 @@
 #include "timing.h"
 #include "defines.h"
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <cstdlib>
 
-#ifdef __FreeBSD__
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#endif
-
 #define BUFFER_BLOCKSIZE 4096 //set buffer blocksize to 4KiB
 
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__