diff --git a/lib/excon.rb b/lib/excon.rb
index 3ca3d290..8dfb3288 100644
--- a/lib/excon.rb
+++ b/lib/excon.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
+
 $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__)) unless
   $:.include?(File.dirname(__FILE__)) || $:.include?(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)))
 
 require 'cgi'
 require 'forwardable'
+require 'ipaddr'
 require 'openssl'
 require 'rbconfig'
 require 'socket'
diff --git a/lib/excon/connection.rb b/lib/excon/connection.rb
index 1f5de6cc..943336d5 100644
--- a/lib/excon/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/excon/connection.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
-require 'ipaddr'
 
 module Excon
   class Connection