diff --git a/driver/failover_handler.cc b/driver/failover_handler.cc
index 26211d740..7ce68a836 100644
--- a/driver/failover_handler.cc
+++ b/driver/failover_handler.cc
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@
 #include "driver.h"
 #include "mylog.h"
 
+#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__linux__)
+    #include <arpa/inet.h>    
+    #include <netdb.h>
+    #include <netinet/in.h>
+    #include <sys/socket.h>
+    #include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace {
 const std::regex AURORA_DNS_PATTERN(
     R"#((.+)\.(proxy-|cluster-|cluster-ro-|cluster-custom-)?([a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.rds\.amazonaws\.com))#",