diff --git a/contrib/ivshmem-client/ivshmem-client.c b/contrib/ivshmem-client/ivshmem-client.c
index 31619d80e9..44ae3646e1 100644
--- a/contrib/ivshmem-client/ivshmem-client.c
+++ b/contrib/ivshmem-client/ivshmem-client.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * top-level directory.
  */
 
-#include <sys/types.h>
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 
diff --git a/contrib/ivshmem-client/main.c b/contrib/ivshmem-client/main.c
index c004870ae3..33ae1daa15 100644
--- a/contrib/ivshmem-client/main.c
+++ b/contrib/ivshmem-client/main.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * top-level directory.
  */
 
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
 #include "ivshmem-client.h"
diff --git a/contrib/ivshmem-server/ivshmem-server.c b/contrib/ivshmem-server/ivshmem-server.c
index d9e26b0574..bfd0fad49a 100644
--- a/contrib/ivshmem-server/ivshmem-server.c
+++ b/contrib/ivshmem-server/ivshmem-server.c
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  * (at your option) any later version.  See the COPYING file in the
  * top-level directory.
  */
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 
 #include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
diff --git a/contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c b/contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c
index 9b0d6e2319..cca1061f0e 100644
--- a/contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c
+++ b/contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * top-level directory.
  */
 
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
 #include "ivshmem-server.h"