diff --git a/src/internal.h b/src/internal.h
index 780f425d2c..686b7cfcc2 100644
--- a/src/internal.h
+++ b/src/internal.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <glib.h>
+#include "glibcompat.h"
 
 #if STATIC_ANALYSIS
 # undef NDEBUG /* Don't let a prior NDEBUG definition cause trouble.  */
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@
 #include "libvirt/libvirt-admin.h"
 #include "libvirt/virterror.h"
 
-#include "glibcompat.h"
-
 /* Merely casting to (void) is not sufficient since the
  * introduction of the "warn_unused_result" attribute
  */
diff --git a/src/util/glibcompat.h b/src/util/glibcompat.h
index 9c5fef09bf..2bbbe57612 100644
--- a/src/util/glibcompat.h
+++ b/src/util/glibcompat.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <glib.h>
+#include <glib/gstdio.h>
 
 char *vir_g_strdup_printf(const char *msg, ...)
     G_GNUC_PRINTF(1, 2);