diff --git a/libbb/xgethostbyname.c b/libbb/xgethostbyname.c
index c722951cf..258510332 100644
--- a/libbb/xgethostbyname.c
+++ b/libbb/xgethostbyname.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include <netdb.h>
 extern int h_errno;
 
+#include "libbb.h"
+
 struct hostent *xgethostbyname(const char *name)
 {
 	struct hostent *retval;