diff --git a/platform/daemon/src/daemon.c b/platform/daemon/src/daemon.c
index dac0b630d..1cdae59f9 100644
--- a/platform/daemon/src/daemon.c
+++ b/platform/daemon/src/daemon.c
@@ -54,9 +54,12 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <strings.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-
 #include <getopt.h>
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include "Winsock2.h"
+#endif
+
 #include "btstack.h"
 #include "btstack_client.h"
 #include "btstack_debug.h"