diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 194fb851446..db214731846 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2013-05-23  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+
+	* common/filestuff.c [USE_WIN32API]: Define HAVE_SOCKETS.
+	[HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H]: Define HAVE_SOCKETS.
+	(socket_mark_cloexec, gdb_socketpair_cloexec, gdb_socket_cloexec):
+	Only define if HAVE_SOCKETS is defined.
+	* configure.ac: Check for sys/socket.h.
+	* config.in, configure: Regenerate.
+
 2013-05-23  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* dwarf2read.c (create_dwp_hash_table, create_dwo_in_dwp)
diff --git a/gdb/common/filestuff.c b/gdb/common/filestuff.c
index e7af3a5cf4a..daf96d9655c 100644
--- a/gdb/common/filestuff.c
+++ b/gdb/common/filestuff.c
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@
 #ifdef USE_WIN32API
 #include <winsock2.h>
 #include <windows.h>
-#else
+#define HAVE_SOCKETS 1
+#elif defined HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 /* Define HAVE_F_GETFD if we plan to use F_GETFD.  */
 #define HAVE_F_GETFD F_GETFD
+#define HAVE_SOCKETS 1
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
@@ -277,6 +279,8 @@ maybe_mark_cloexec (int fd)
     mark_cloexec (fd);
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SOCKETS
+
 /* Like maybe_mark_cloexec, but for callers that use SOCK_CLOEXEC.  */
 
 static void
@@ -286,6 +290,8 @@ socket_mark_cloexec (int fd)
     mark_cloexec (fd);
 }
 
+#endif
+
 
 
 /* See filestuff.h.  */
@@ -335,6 +341,7 @@ gdb_fopen_cloexec (const char *filename, const char *opentype)
   return result;
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SOCKETS
 /* See filestuff.h.  */
 
 int
@@ -367,6 +374,7 @@ gdb_socket_cloexec (int namespace, int style, int protocol)
 
   return result;
 }
+#endif
 
 /* See filestuff.h.  */
 
diff --git a/gdb/config.in b/gdb/config.in
index 6223b9284bc..7cd22e315c6 100644
--- a/gdb/config.in
+++ b/gdb/config.in
@@ -509,6 +509,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/select.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/socket.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/stat.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
 
diff --git a/gdb/configure b/gdb/configure
index 5de43e7e28b..383d6348f90 100755
--- a/gdb/configure
+++ b/gdb/configure
@@ -8911,7 +8911,7 @@ $as_echo "#define STDC_HEADERS 1" >>confdefs.h
 fi
 
 # elf_hp.h is for HP/UX 64-bit shared library support.
-for ac_header in nlist.h machine/reg.h poll.h sys/poll.h proc_service.h \
+for ac_header in nlist.h machine/reg.h poll.h sys/poll.h sys/socket.h proc_service.h \
                   thread_db.h signal.h stddef.h \
 		  stdlib.h string.h memory.h strings.h sys/fault.h \
 		  sys/file.h sys/filio.h sys/ioctl.h sys/param.h \
diff --git a/gdb/configure.ac b/gdb/configure.ac
index 5fcec522d37..46a97bd0dc1 100644
--- a/gdb/configure.ac
+++ b/gdb/configure.ac
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ fi
 AC_HEADER_DIRENT
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 # elf_hp.h is for HP/UX 64-bit shared library support.
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([nlist.h machine/reg.h poll.h sys/poll.h proc_service.h \
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([nlist.h machine/reg.h poll.h sys/poll.h sys/socket.h proc_service.h \
                   thread_db.h signal.h stddef.h \
 		  stdlib.h string.h memory.h strings.h sys/fault.h \
 		  sys/file.h sys/filio.h sys/ioctl.h sys/param.h \