diff --git a/src/common/sckaddr.cpp b/src/common/sckaddr.cpp
index ec572a2adb..3d25f93154 100644
--- a/src/common/sckaddr.cpp
+++ b/src/common/sckaddr.cpp
@@ -92,19 +92,20 @@ IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxUNIXaddress, wxSockAddress)
     #define wxHAS_MT_SAFE_GETBY_FUNCS
 
     #if wxUSE_IPV6
-        // this header does dynamic dispatching of getaddrinfo/freeaddrinfo()
-        // by implementing them in its own code if the system versions are not
-        // available (as is the case for anything < XP)
-        //
-        // NB: if this is not available for the other compilers (so far tested
-        //      with MSVC only) we should just use wxDynamicLibrary "manually"
         #ifdef __VISUALC__
-            // disable a warning occurring in Microsoft own version of this file
+            // this header does dynamic dispatching of getaddrinfo/freeaddrinfo()
+            // by implementing them in its own code if the system versions are
+            // not available (as is the case for anything < XP)
+            #pragma warning(push)
             #pragma warning(disable:4706)
-        #endif
-        #include <wspiapi.h>
-        #ifdef __VISUALC__
-            #pragma warning(default:4706)
+            #include <wspiapi.h>
+            #pragma warning(pop)
+        #else
+            // TODO: Use wxDynamicLibrary to bind to these functions
+            //       dynamically on older Windows systems, currently a program
+            //       built with wxUSE_IPV6==1 won't even start there, even if
+            //       it doesn't actually use the socket stuff.
+            #include <ws2tcpip.h>
         #endif
     #endif
 #endif // __WINDOWS__