diff --git a/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c b/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
index c3ca310bb7..a48b4ffcd1 100644
--- a/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
+++ b/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "virlog.h"
 #include "virdbus.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
+#include "virutil.h"
 
 #include "configmake.h"