diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/keyfile/writer.c b/src/settings/plugins/keyfile/writer.c
index 9cf119c0c8..b6a8786dc4 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/keyfile/writer.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/keyfile/writer.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include "nm-glib-compat.h"
+
 #include "nm-logging.h"
 #include "writer.h"
 #include "common.h"