diff --git a/src/ip6-manager/nm-ip6-manager.c b/src/ip6-manager/nm-ip6-manager.c
index 04a3049464..0ce694dcf6 100644
--- a/src/ip6-manager/nm-ip6-manager.c
+++ b/src/ip6-manager/nm-ip6-manager.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <netinet/icmp6.h>
 
+#include <netlink/route/addr.h>
 #include <netlink/route/rtnl.h>
 #include <netlink/route/route.h>
 
diff --git a/src/nm-device-ethernet.c b/src/nm-device-ethernet.c
index f4581e9ac6..00942a3d34 100644
--- a/src/nm-device-ethernet.c
+++ b/src/nm-device-ethernet.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #include <linux/if.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
+#include <netlink/route/addr.h>
+
 #include "nm-glib-compat.h"
 #include "nm-device-ethernet.h"
 #include "nm-device-interface.h"
diff --git a/src/nm-netlink.c b/src/nm-netlink.c
index c55c093ae8..15eb6c1c34 100644
--- a/src/nm-netlink.c
+++ b/src/nm-netlink.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <netlink/object-api.h>
+#include <netlink/route/addr.h>
 
 static struct nl_cache * link_cache = NULL;
 static struct nl_handle * def_nl_handle = NULL;
diff --git a/src/nm-netlink.h b/src/nm-netlink.h
index 7b5e1ba573..b77cbf566f 100644
--- a/src/nm-netlink.h
+++ b/src/nm-netlink.h
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@
 #ifndef NM_NETLINK_H
 #define NM_NETLINK_H
 
-#include <asm/types.h>
-#include <netlink/route/addr.h>
 #include <netlink/netlink.h>
-#include <netlink/utils.h>
 #include <netlink/route/link.h>
 
 int    nm_netlink_iface_to_index (const char *iface);