diff --git a/src/xpdev/xpdev_mt.props b/src/xpdev/xpdev_mt.props
index eabef7590ff621b09b8ea94c8a5e56b980f61d6f..d15fe73a1e77fff23595840ce351405c8d3e5284 100644
--- a/src/xpdev/xpdev_mt.props
+++ b/src/xpdev/xpdev_mt.props
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory);%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>netapi32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>netapi32.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup />