--- a/libpurple/plugins/perl/common/Makefile.mingw	Mon Feb 24 18:15:13 2014 +0100
+++ b/libpurple/plugins/perl/common/Makefile.mingw	Mon Feb 24 21:22:04 2014 +0100
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 PIDGIN_TREE_TOP := ../../../..
 include $(PIDGIN_TREE_TOP)/libpurple/win32/global.mak
 
+#we cannot include win32dep.h, but we need struct sockaddr_in6 definition
+CFLAGS += -include ws2tcpip.h
+
 GCCWARNINGS += -Wno-comment -Wno-unused -Wno-nested-externs
 
 DEFINES := $(subst -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN,,$(DEFINES))