diff --git a/include/linux/tipc_config.h b/include/linux/tipc_config.h
index 0db239590b4dac1d385c87966e36429a5e392d57..9730b0e51e4689474c23017fd0dc37786c12a852 100644
--- a/include/linux/tipc_config.h
+++ b/include/linux/tipc_config.h
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
+#include <arpa/inet.h> /* for ntohs etc. */
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Configuration
  *