diff --git a/src/basic/include/linux/update.sh b/src/basic/include/linux/update.sh
index 31dcddaf95..8976a185c8 100755
--- a/src/basic/include/linux/update.sh
+++ b/src/basic/include/linux/update.sh
@@ -29,5 +29,9 @@ for i in *.h */*.h; do
             # add casts in ethtool_cmd_speed()
             sed -r -i '/return (ep->speed_hi << 16) | ep->speed;/ s/return .*;/return ((__u32) ep->speed_hi << 16) | (__u32) ep->speed;/' "$i"
             ;;
+        vm_sockets.h)
+            # the header requires struct sockaddr declared
+            sed -r -i '/#define _VM_SOCKETS_H/a \\n#include <sys/socket.h>' "$i"
+            ;;
     esac
 done
diff --git a/src/basic/include/linux/vm_sockets.h b/src/basic/include/linux/vm_sockets.h
index aa3ec6516c..2579fef572 100644
--- a/src/basic/include/linux/vm_sockets.h
+++ b/src/basic/include/linux/vm_sockets.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #ifndef _VM_SOCKETS_H
 #define _VM_SOCKETS_H
 
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
 #include <linux/socket.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
diff --git a/src/basic/socket-util.h b/src/basic/socket-util.h
index c5e389ca3a..d0aedb524e 100644
--- a/src/basic/socket-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/socket-util.h
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 #include <linux/if_infiniband.h>
 #include <linux/if_packet.h>
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h> /* linux/vms_sockets.h requires 'struct sockaddr' */
 #include <linux/vm_sockets.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>