diff --git a/src/core/plugin.cpp b/src/core/plugin.cpp
index f187bc6cb..2a7b3c7d2 100644
--- a/src/core/plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/core/plugin.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <wayfire/nonstd/wlroots-full.hpp>
 #include <wayfire/util/log.hpp>
 #include <wayfire/config-backend.hpp>
+#include <wayfire/plugin.hpp>
 #include <libudev.h>
 
 void wf::plugin_interface_t::fini()