diff --git a/src/driver.h b/src/driver.h
index b6927ea15b..5f4cd8dddc 100644
--- a/src/driver.h
+++ b/src/driver.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 # include <unistd.h>
 
 # include "internal.h"
+# include "libvirt_internal.h"
 # include "viruri.h"
 /*
  * List of registered drivers numbers
diff --git a/src/internal.h b/src/internal.h
index 5035dac15c..4ba0e4194e 100644
--- a/src/internal.h
+++ b/src/internal.h
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@
 # include "libvirt/libvirt-qemu.h"
 # include "libvirt/virterror.h"
 
-# include "libvirt_internal.h"
-
 # include "c-strcase.h"
 # include "ignore-value.h"
 
diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.h b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.h
index 90d590f4b2..f743541895 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.h
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 # include <libxl.h>
 
 # include "internal.h"
+# include "libvirt_internal.h"
 # include "domain_conf.h"
 # include "domain_event.h"
 # include "capabilities.h"
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h b/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h
index f6cbfc9027..e04dcdd00b 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_conf.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 # define LXC_CONF_H
 
 # include "internal.h"
+# include "libvirt_internal.h"
 # include "domain_conf.h"
 # include "domain_event.h"
 # include "capabilities.h"
diff --git a/src/uml/uml_conf.h b/src/uml/uml_conf.h
index c23a177847..a914be0ae0 100644
--- a/src/uml/uml_conf.h
+++ b/src/uml/uml_conf.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 # define __UML_CONF_H
 
 # include "internal.h"
+# include "libvirt_internal.h"
 # include "capabilities.h"
 # include "network_conf.h"
 # include "domain_conf.h"