diff --git a/include/villas/socket_addr.h b/include/villas/socket_addr.h
index 63433a582..b089fb8e0 100644
--- a/include/villas/socket_addr.h
+++ b/include/villas/socket_addr.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   #define WITH_SOCKET_LAYER_ETH
 
   #include <linux/if_packet.h>
+  #include <netinet/ether.h>
 #endif /* LIBNL3_ROUTE_FOUND */
 
 enum socket_layer {
diff --git a/lib/socket_addr.c b/lib/socket_addr.c
index 4b794fb6f..bcb91d333 100644
--- a/lib/socket_addr.c
+++ b/lib/socket_addr.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <villas/socket_addr.h>
 #include <villas/utils.h>
+#include <villas/kernel/nl.h>
 
 char * socket_print_addr(struct sockaddr *saddr)
 {