diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2533fced83..d1a42263a1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 /tests/qemuxmlnstest
 /tests/shunloadtest
 /tests/virhashtest
+/tools/virt-host-validate
 /update.log
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
diff --git a/tools/virt-host-validate.c b/tools/virt-host-validate.c
index 3893ba3a9d..cdf8302ca9 100644
--- a/tools/virt-host-validate.c
+++ b/tools/virt-host-validate.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <gettext.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "configmake.h"