diff --git a/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rsbaseserial.cc b/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rsbaseserial.cc
index 0b02ac8bc..48d0e8e3c 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rsbaseserial.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rsbaseserial.cc
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <stdlib.h>	/* Included because GCC4.4 wants it */
+#include <string.h> 	/* Included because GCC4.4 wants it */
 
 #include "serialiser/rsbaseserial.h"
 #include "util/rsnet.h"
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rsserial.h b/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rsserial.h
index c83f48164..84ef4e70a 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rsserial.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rsserial.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 #include <iosfwd>
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstlvbase.h b/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstlvbase.h
index ca2501db5..5d262e042 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstlvbase.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstlvbase.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
  *
  ******************************************************************/
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <string>
 #include "util/rsnet.h"
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/rsnet.h b/libretroshare/src/util/rsnet.h
index 4a007eebb..cb2da1063 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/util/rsnet.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/rsnet.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #define RS_UNIVERSAL_NETWORK_HEADER
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>	/* Included because GCC4.4 wants it */
+#include <string.h> 	/* Included because GCC4.4 wants it */
 
 /********************************** WINDOWS/UNIX SPECIFIC PART ******************/
 #ifndef WINDOWS_SYS