diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetsocket.c b/src/rpc/virnetsocket.c
index 96d2dfd766..7e63d7840e 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnetsocket.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnetsocket.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_NETINET_TCP_H
 # include <netinet/tcp.h>