diff --git a/lib/ws.c b/lib/ws.c
index 1f354b370e..b7ae018351 100644
--- a/lib/ws.c
+++ b/lib/ws.c
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
  *
  ***************************************************************************/
 #include "curl_setup.h"
+#include <curl/curl.h>
 
 #ifdef USE_WEBSOCKETS
 
-#include <curl/curl.h>
 #include "urldata.h"
 #include "dynbuf.h"
 #include "rand.h"