diff --git a/src/xpdev/xpdev.props b/src/xpdev/xpdev.props
index 5966335cc74953e1bb909fbad211dab435e30dda..fc6a51f6e9261a9dc11cb7ef06858172c925cba3 100644
--- a/src/xpdev/xpdev.props
+++ b/src/xpdev/xpdev.props
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
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-      <AdditionalDependencies>netapi32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>netapi32.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup />