diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 6c024c41db..2f060a7806 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -9952,3 +9952,12 @@ David  4 Aug 2005
     Makefile.incl
     lib/
         hostinfo.h
+
+Rom    4 Aug 2005
+    - config.h has to be included if the data type defined for 
+      boinc_socklen_t by the build environment is to be resolved 
+      correctly by the compiler.
+   
+    lib/
+        network.C
+        
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/network.C b/lib/network.C
index 4df351d580..344c9bfd44 100644
--- a/lib/network.C
+++ b/lib/network.C
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
+#include "config.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <sys/socket.h>