diff --git a/include/curl/system.h b/include/curl/system.h
index e808580eb..79abf8fc2 100644
--- a/include/curl/system.h
+++ b/include/curl/system.h
@@ -442,8 +442,8 @@
 /* CURL_PULL_WS2TCPIP_H is defined above when inclusion of header file  */
 /* ws2tcpip.h is required here to properly make type definitions below. */
 #ifdef CURL_PULL_WS2TCPIP_H
-#  include <windows.h>
 #  include <winsock2.h>
+#  include <windows.h>
 #  include <ws2tcpip.h>
 #endif