diff --git a/regress/netcat.c b/regress/netcat.c
index 6be6e054f..1a9fc8730 100644
--- a/regress/netcat.c
+++ b/regress/netcat.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
-#include <poll.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -56,6 +55,14 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include "atomicio.h"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_POLL_H
+#include <poll.h>
+#else
+# ifdef HAVE_SYS_POLL_H
+#  include <sys/poll.h>
+# endif
+#endif
+
 #ifndef SUN_LEN
 #define SUN_LEN(su) \
 	(sizeof(*(su)) - sizeof((su)->sun_path) + strlen((su)->sun_path))