diff --git a/qemu_socket.h b/qemu_socket.h
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+/* headers to use the BSD sockets */
+#ifndef QEMU_SOCKET_H
+#define QEMU_SOCKET_H
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+
+#define socket_error() WSAGetLastError()
+#undef EINTR
+#define EWOULDBLOCK WSAEWOULDBLOCK
+#define EINTR       WSAEINTR
+#define EINPROGRESS WSAEINPROGRESS
+
+#else
+
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netinet/tcp.h>
+
+#define socket_error() errno
+#define closesocket(s) close(s)
+
+#endif /* !_WIN32 */
+
+void socket_set_nonblock(int fd);
+
+#endif /* QEMU_SOCKET_H */