diff --git a/mlx/distributed/ring/ring.cpp b/mlx/distributed/ring/ring.cpp
index a3f7e029d..0b396f7f6 100644
--- a/mlx/distributed/ring/ring.cpp
+++ b/mlx/distributed/ring/ring.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <unistd.h>