diff --git a/lib/kadm5/iprop.h b/lib/kadm5/iprop.h
index db3f0ac5b..5a005357e 100644
--- a/lib/kadm5/iprop.h
+++ b/lib/kadm5/iprop.h
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
 #define __IPROP_H__
 
 #include "kadm5_locl.h"
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H
+#include <sys/select.h>
+#endif
 
 #define IPROP_VERSION "iprop-0.0"