diff --git a/backends/libpurple/utils.cpp b/backends/libpurple/utils.cpp
index 767597980cc251748500c61a2676c36f701bcfda..a4ddf44b7daada6daeeea60f616ac9fa610b7de6 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/utils.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/utils.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 #include "win32/win32dep.h"
 #endif
 
+#include "purple_defs.h"
+
 static GHashTable *ui_info = NULL;
 
 void execute_purple_plugin_action(PurpleConnection *gc, const std::string &name) {
@@ -144,8 +146,8 @@ int create_socket(char *host, int portno) {
 		main_socket = 0;
 	}
 
-	int flags = fcntl(main_socket, F_GETFL);
-	flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
-	fcntl(main_socket, F_SETFL, flags);
+// 	int flags = fcntl(main_socket, F_GETFL);
+// 	flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
+// 	fcntl(main_socket, F_SETFL, flags);
 	return main_socket;
 }