diff --git a/src/pulsecore/flist.c b/src/pulsecore/flist.c
index b0f3228f1..ada0d5719 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/flist.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/flist.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <pulsecore/log.h>
 #include <pulsecore/thread.h>
 #include <pulsecore/macro.h>
+#include <pulsecore/core-util.h>
 #include <pulse/xmalloc.h>
 
 #include "flist.h"