diff --git a/src/contrib/net-anim/animation-interface.cc b/src/contrib/net-anim/animation-interface.cc
index 047083689..5a750a906 100644
--- a/src/contrib/net-anim/animation-interface.cc
+++ b/src/contrib/net-anim/animation-interface.cc
@@ -21,9 +21,15 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sstream>
 
+#include "ns3/net-anim-config.h"
+
 // Socket related includes
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
+#if defined(HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H) && defined(HAVE_NETINET_IN_H)
+# include <sys/socket.h>
+# include <netinet/in.h>
+#else
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#endif
 
 // ns3 includes
 #include "ns3/animation-interface.h"
@@ -58,6 +64,7 @@ bool AnimationInterface::SetOutputFile (const std::string& fn)
 
 bool AnimationInterface::SetServerPort (uint16_t port)
 {
+#if defined(HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H) && defined(HAVE_NETINET_IN_H)
   int s = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
   struct sockaddr_in addr;
   addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
@@ -77,6 +84,8 @@ bool AnimationInterface::SetServerPort (uint16_t port)
   int t = 1;
   setsockopt (s, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER, &t, sizeof(t));
   return true;
+#endif
+  return false;//never reached unless the above is disabled
 }
 
 bool AnimationInterface::SetInternalAnimation ()
diff --git a/src/contrib/net-anim/point-to-point-dumbbell-helper.cc b/src/contrib/net-anim/point-to-point-dumbbell-helper.cc
index 43fddf35f..0188315ec 100644
--- a/src/contrib/net-anim/point-to-point-dumbbell-helper.cc
+++ b/src/contrib/net-anim/point-to-point-dumbbell-helper.cc
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
 
-// Socket related includes
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-
 // ns3 includes
 #include "ns3/animation-interface.h"
 #include "ns3/point-to-point-dumbbell-helper.h"
diff --git a/src/contrib/net-anim/wscript b/src/contrib/net-anim/wscript
index 0e0c8dd30..a3cd21edc 100644
--- a/src/contrib/net-anim/wscript
+++ b/src/contrib/net-anim/wscript
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 ## -*- Mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8; -*-
 
+def configure(conf):
+    conf.check(header_name='sys/socket.h', define_name='HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H')
+    conf.check(header_name='netinet/in.h', define_name='HAVE_NETINET_IN_H')
+    conf.write_config_header('ns3/net-anim-config.h', top=True)
+
+
 def build(bld):
     obj = bld.create_ns3_module('net-anim')
     obj.source = [
diff --git a/src/contrib/wscript b/src/contrib/wscript
index 046958dda..1a32d13c9 100644
--- a/src/contrib/wscript
+++ b/src/contrib/wscript
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ def configure(conf):
     conf.report_optional_feature("XmlIo", "XmlIo",
                                  conf.env['ENABLE_LIBXML2'],
                                  "library 'libxml-2.0 >= 2.7' not found")
-    conf.sub_config('stats')
-
     conf.write_config_header('ns3/contrib-config.h', top=True)
 
+    conf.sub_config('stats')
+    conf.sub_config('net-anim')
+
+
 def build(bld):
     module = bld.create_ns3_module('contrib', ['simulator', 'common'])
     module.source = [