diff --git a/stepmania/src/NetworkSyncManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/NetworkSyncManager.cpp
index c771a2b602..6598c5ab0d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NetworkSyncManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/NetworkSyncManager.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+//This order needed to avoid Linux lib conflicts
+#include "ezsockets.h"
 #include "global.h"
 #include "NetworkSyncManager.h"
 #include "ProfileManager.h"
-#include "ezsockets.h"
 #include "RageLog.h"
 #include "StepMania.h"
 #include "RageUtil.h"
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ezsockets.cpp b/stepmania/src/ezsockets.cpp
index c8f2d9901c..1dfc7c2919 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ezsockets.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ezsockets.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 ********************************************/
 
 // We need the WinSock32 Library on Windows
-
-#include "global.h"
+//This order needed to avoid Linux lib conflicts
 #include "ezsockets.h"
+#include "global.h"
 
 #if defined(WIN32)
 #pragma comment(lib,"wsock32.lib")