diff --git a/src/nvim/eval/decode.h b/src/nvim/eval/decode.h
index c8e7a189e3..77fc4c78c2 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval/decode.h
+++ b/src/nvim/eval/decode.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <msgpack.h>
 
 #include "nvim/eval/typval.h"
+#include "nvim/globals.h"
 
 #ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
 # include "eval/decode.h.generated.h"