diff --git a/plugin/src/networkplugin.cpp b/plugin/src/networkplugin.cpp
index 9b08d72d3d4976e84005d27b35c65d8b86cfcda2..82aa3bb45f4c640d1d5f7ecd609d6df7e77c5ef7 100644
--- a/plugin/src/networkplugin.cpp
+++ b/plugin/src/networkplugin.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@
 #include "log4cxx/basicconfigurator.h"
 #include "transport/memoryusage.h"
 
+#ifndef WIN32
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
+#else 
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#endif
 
 using namespace log4cxx;