diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-json.h b/libnm-core/nm-json.h
index 2465ba385d..560b827ae0 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-json.h
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-json.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ gboolean nm_jansson_load (void);
 #define json_object_iter        (*_nm_jansson_json_object_iter)
 #define json_integer_value      (*_nm_jansson_json_integer_value)
 #define json_string_value       (*_nm_jansson_json_string_value)
+
+#include "nm-utils/nm-jansson.h"
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __NM_JSON_H__ */
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-utils.c b/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
index f58d7942bc..efb8a9befb 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include "nm-json.h"
 #endif
 
-#include "nm-utils/nm-jansson.h"
 #include "nm-utils/nm-enum-utils.h"
 #include "nm-common-macros.h"
 #include "nm-utils-private.h"