diff --git a/clients/roscpp/src/libros/transport/transport_tcp.cpp b/clients/roscpp/src/libros/transport/transport_tcp.cpp
index 32d3d28422..946b714c5e 100644
--- a/clients/roscpp/src/libros/transport/transport_tcp.cpp
+++ b/clients/roscpp/src/libros/transport/transport_tcp.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@
 #include <boost/bind.hpp>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>  // explicit include required for FreeBSD
+#ifndef _WIN32
+  #include <sys/socket.h>  // explicit include required for FreeBSD
+#endif
 namespace ros
 {
 
diff --git a/clients/roscpp/src/libros/transport/transport_udp.cpp b/clients/roscpp/src/libros/transport/transport_udp.cpp
index c8b85cd00c..77e5549c4e 100644
--- a/clients/roscpp/src/libros/transport/transport_udp.cpp
+++ b/clients/roscpp/src/libros/transport/transport_udp.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
 
 #include <ros/assert.h>
 #include <boost/bind.hpp>
-#include <sys/socket.h>  // explicit include required for FreeBSD
+#ifndef _WIN32
+  #include <sys/socket.h>  // explicit include required for FreeBSD
+#endif
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #if defined(__APPLE__)