diff --git a/src/swupd_lib/heuristics.c b/src/swupd_lib/heuristics.c
index 31c6c0c9..4c0f914f 100644
--- a/src/swupd_lib/heuristics.c
+++ b/src/swupd_lib/heuristics.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "heuristics.h"
-#include "swupd.h"
 
 typedef int (*compare_fn_t)(const char *s1, const char *s2);
 typedef void (*apply_fn_t)(struct file *f);
diff --git a/src/swupd_lib/heuristics.h b/src/swupd_lib/heuristics.h
index 70931e2b..8b8d7d91 100644
--- a/src/swupd_lib/heuristics.h
+++ b/src/swupd_lib/heuristics.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#include "swupd.h"
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif