diff --git a/src/common/selectdispatcher.cpp b/src/common/selectdispatcher.cpp
index 0188a76ec0..9321e7c837 100644
--- a/src/common/selectdispatcher.cpp
+++ b/src/common/selectdispatcher.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     #include "wx/intl.h"
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H
+#if defined(HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H) || defined(__WATCOMC__)
     #include <sys/time.h>
     #include <sys/select.h>
 #endif