diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3ab3c4ed31..712918fc85 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ if test "$with_linux" = "yes"; then
   if test "$with_qemu" = "yes" || test "$with_lxc" = "yes" ; then
     AC_CHECK_HEADERS([linux/param.h linux/sockios.h linux/if_bridge.h linux/if_tun.h],,
       [AC_MSG_ERROR([You must install kernel-headers in order to compile libvirt with QEMU or LXC support])],
-      [[#include <netinet/ip6.h>
+      [[#include <netinet/in.h>
       ]])
   fi
 fi
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevbridge.c b/src/util/virnetdevbridge.c
index b87c601984..3c00be9314 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevbridge.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevbridge.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Red Hat, Inc.
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <net/if.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 # include <linux/sockios.h>