diff --git a/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con_url_curl.h b/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con_url_curl.h
index 9a681ebfb7..9f8223012d 100644
--- a/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con_url_curl.h
+++ b/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con_url_curl.h
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
  */
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 #else
-#include <sys/socket.h>
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+# include <winsock2.h>
+#else
+# include <sys/socket.h>
+#endif
 
 // all the types, defines, enums etc. from curl that we actually USE.
 // we have to add to this if we use more things from curl not already