diff --git a/src/io.c b/src/io.c
index 42b2fb090..c78883836 100644
--- a/src/io.c
+++ b/src/io.c
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
         #include "FreeRTOS_Sockets.h"
     #elif defined(WOLFSSL_IAR_ARM)
         /* nothing */
+    #elif defined(WOLFSSL_VXWORKS)
+        #include <sockLib.h>
+        #include <errno.h>
     #else
         #include <sys/types.h>
         #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/wolfssl/test.h b/wolfssl/test.h
index 89595872a..e488f9128 100644
--- a/wolfssl/test.h
+++ b/wolfssl/test.h
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@
     	char **h_addr_list; /* list of addresses from name server */
     };
     #define SOCKET_T int
+#elif defined(WOLFSSL_VXWORKS)
+    #include <hostLib.h>
+    #include <sockLib.h>
+    #include <arpa/inet.h>
+    #include <string.h>
+    #include <selectLib.h>
+    #include <sys/types.h>
+    #include <netinet/in.h>
+    #include <fcntl.h>
+    #include <sys/time.h>
+    #include <netdb.h>
+	#include <pthread.h>
+    #define SOCKET_T int
 #else
     #include <string.h>
     #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -420,6 +433,8 @@ static INLINE void build_addr(SOCKADDR_IN_T* addr, const char* peer,
             struct hostent* entry = gethostbyname(peer, &err);
         #elif defined(WOLFSSL_TIRTOS)
             struct hostent* entry = DNSGetHostByName(peer);
+        #elif defined(WOLFSSL_VXWORKS)
+            struct hostent* entry = (struct hostent*)hostGetByName(peer);
         #else
             struct hostent* entry = gethostbyname(peer);
         #endif
@@ -777,7 +792,8 @@ static INLINE void tcp_set_nonblocking(SOCKET_T* sockfd)
         int ret = ioctlsocket(*sockfd, FIONBIO, &blocking);
         if (ret == SOCKET_ERROR)
             err_sys("ioctlsocket failed");
-    #elif defined(WOLFSSL_MDK_ARM) || defined (WOLFSSL_TIRTOS)
+    #elif defined(WOLFSSL_MDK_ARM) || defined (WOLFSSL_TIRTOS)  \
+        || defined(WOLFSSL_VXWORKS)
          /* non blocking not suppported, for now */ 
     #else
         int flags = fcntl(*sockfd, F_GETFL, 0);
diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
index 6c02013d9..8b3b743f3 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
@@ -111,7 +111,11 @@
 	    #ifdef _MSC_VER
 	        #define INLINE __inline
 	    #elif defined(__GNUC__)
-	        #define INLINE inline
+               #ifdef WOLFSSL_VXWORKS
+                   #define INLINE __inline__ 
+               #else
+                   #define INLINE inline
+               #endif
 	    #elif defined(__IAR_SYSTEMS_ICC__)
 	        #define INLINE inline
 	    #elif defined(THREADX)