diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
index 4f53f2e..af3d1f0 100644
--- a/src/config.h.in
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
 #ifndef LY_CONFIG_H_
 #define LY_CONFIG_H_
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+/* headers are broken on Windows, which means that some of them simply *have* to come first */
+# include <winsock2.h>
+# include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#endif
+
 /** size of fixed_mem in lyd_value, minimum is 8 (B) */
 #define LYD_VALUE_FIXED_MEM_SIZE @LYD_VALUE_SIZE@
 
diff --git a/src/plugins_types/ipv4_address.c b/src/plugins_types/ipv4_address.c
index c4e06ce..f7b297c 100644
--- a/src/plugins_types/ipv4_address.c
+++ b/src/plugins_types/ipv4_address.c
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
 
 #include "plugins_types.h"
 
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+# include <winsock2.h>
+# include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#else
+#  include <arpa/inet.h>
+#  if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
+#    include <netinet/in.h>
+#    include <sys/socket.h>
+#  endif
 #endif
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/src/plugins_types/ipv4_address_no_zone.c b/src/plugins_types/ipv4_address_no_zone.c
index 1e30e4f..91fe677 100644
--- a/src/plugins_types/ipv4_address_no_zone.c
+++ b/src/plugins_types/ipv4_address_no_zone.c
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
 
 #include "plugins_types.h"
 
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+# include <winsock2.h>
+# include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#else
+#  include <arpa/inet.h>
+#  if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
+#    include <netinet/in.h>
+#    include <sys/socket.h>
+#  endif
 #endif
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
diff --git a/src/plugins_types/ipv4_prefix.c b/src/plugins_types/ipv4_prefix.c
index 8f38c3e..6f13eee 100644
--- a/src/plugins_types/ipv4_prefix.c
+++ b/src/plugins_types/ipv4_prefix.c
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
 
 #include "plugins_types.h"
 
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+# include <winsock2.h>
+# include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#else
+#  include <arpa/inet.h>
+#  if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
+#    include <netinet/in.h>
+#    include <sys/socket.h>
+#  endif
 #endif
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/src/plugins_types/ipv6_address.c b/src/plugins_types/ipv6_address.c
index 1204633..74f5c62 100644
--- a/src/plugins_types/ipv6_address.c
+++ b/src/plugins_types/ipv6_address.c
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
 
 #include "plugins_types.h"
 
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+# include <winsock2.h>
+# include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#else
+#  include <arpa/inet.h>
+#  if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
+#    include <netinet/in.h>
+#    include <sys/socket.h>
+#  endif
 #endif
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/src/plugins_types/ipv6_address_no_zone.c b/src/plugins_types/ipv6_address_no_zone.c
index 8af2581..26fbf80 100644
--- a/src/plugins_types/ipv6_address_no_zone.c
+++ b/src/plugins_types/ipv6_address_no_zone.c
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
 
 #include "plugins_types.h"
 
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+# include <winsock2.h>
+# include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#else
+#  include <arpa/inet.h>
+#  if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
+#    include <netinet/in.h>
+#    include <sys/socket.h>
+#  endif
 #endif
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
diff --git a/src/plugins_types/ipv6_prefix.c b/src/plugins_types/ipv6_prefix.c
index 0027df2..8e62311 100644
--- a/src/plugins_types/ipv6_prefix.c
+++ b/src/plugins_types/ipv6_prefix.c
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
 
 #include "plugins_types.h"
 
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+# include <winsock2.h>
+# include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#else
+#  include <arpa/inet.h>
+#  if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
+#    include <netinet/in.h>
+#    include <sys/socket.h>
+#  endif
 #endif
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/src/tree_data.h b/src/tree_data.h
index acbb7c2..24b9458 100644
--- a/src/tree_data.h
+++ b/src/tree_data.h
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
 #ifndef LY_TREE_DATA_H_
 #define LY_TREE_DATA_H_
 
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+# include <winsock2.h>
+# include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#else
+#  include <arpa/inet.h>
+#  if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__)
+#    include <netinet/in.h>
+#    include <sys/socket.h>
+#  endif
 #endif
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>