diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index be58dc08d2..801f2bcc99 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "entry.h"
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "symlinks.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 #include "ws.h"
 #include "wrapper.h"
 
diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index 508e8df00e..eb19ab0bbb 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "object-store.h"
 #include "list-objects.h"
 #include "commit-slab.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 
 #define MAX_TAGS	(FLAG_BITS - 1)
 
diff --git a/builtin/ls-remote.c b/builtin/ls-remote.c
index a0aadc9b8f..fc76575430 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-remote.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-remote.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 
 static const char * const ls_remote_usage[] = {
 	N_("git ls-remote [--heads] [--tags] [--refs] [--upload-pack=<exec>]\n"
diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c
index 4d15a23fc4..c3b722b36f 100644
--- a/builtin/name-rev.c
+++ b/builtin/name-rev.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "hash-lookup.h"
 #include "commit-slab.h"
 #include "commit-graph.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 
 /*
  * One day.  See the 'name a rev shortly after epoch' test in t6120 when
diff --git a/builtin/reflog.c b/builtin/reflog.c
index fc21774880..79b4ff04aa 100644
--- a/builtin/reflog.c
+++ b/builtin/reflog.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "reachable.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 #include "worktree.h"
 #include "reflog.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
diff --git a/builtin/replace.c b/builtin/replace.c
index 6b266a66d3..a2f57a56b3 100644
--- a/builtin/replace.c
+++ b/builtin/replace.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "replace-object.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "tag.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 
 static const char * const git_replace_usage[] = {
 	N_("git replace [-f] <object> <replacement>"),
diff --git a/builtin/show-branch.c b/builtin/show-branch.c
index cd215f89af..a203f13cb0 100644
--- a/builtin/show-branch.c
+++ b/builtin/show-branch.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "commit-slab.h"
 #include "date.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 
 static const char* show_branch_usage[] = {
     N_("git show-branch [-a | --all] [-r | --remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order]\n"
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 8afa266054..27ae207280 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 #include "worktree.h"
 #include "ws.h"
 #include "wrapper.h"
diff --git a/diffcore-order.c b/diffcore-order.c
index 57ccab2846..e7d20ebd2d 100644
--- a/diffcore-order.c
+++ b/diffcore-order.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "diffcore.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 
 static char **order;
 static int order_cnt;
diff --git a/fmt-merge-msg.c b/fmt-merge-msg.c
index 5af0d4715b..f096b1ef54 100644
--- a/fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "fmt-merge-msg.h"
 #include "commit-reach.h"
 #include "gpg-interface.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 
 static int use_branch_desc;
 static int suppress_dest_pattern_seen;
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 5b2b99c17c..1889da7986 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -625,8 +625,6 @@ static inline int git_has_dir_sep(const char *path)
 
 #include "compat/bswap.h"
 
-#include "wildmatch.h"
-
 struct strbuf;
 
 /* General helper functions */
diff --git a/log-tree.c b/log-tree.c
index 07d0b47b16..60b61597c4 100644
--- a/log-tree.c
+++ b/log-tree.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "range-diff.h"
 #include "strmap.h"
 #include "tree.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 #include "write-or-die.h"
 
 static struct decoration name_decoration = { "object names" };
diff --git a/pathspec.c b/pathspec.c
index 8932b05a26..3a3a5724c4 100644
--- a/pathspec.c
+++ b/pathspec.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "symlinks.h"
 #include "quote.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 
 /*
  * Finds which of the given pathspecs match items in the index.
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 6d657e3bb4..8b192e4cb4 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "sigchain.h"
 #include "date.h"
 #include "commit.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 #include "wrapper.h"
 
 /*
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 66a1fece0d..d4b4b34fd8 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "list-objects-filter-options.h"
 #include "resolve-undo.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 
 volatile show_early_output_fn_t show_early_output;
 
diff --git a/t/helper/test-wildmatch.c b/t/helper/test-wildmatch.c
index a95bb4da9b..b4ff5f986a 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-wildmatch.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-wildmatch.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "test-tool.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 
 int cmd__wildmatch(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
diff --git a/trace2/tr2_cfg.c b/trace2/tr2_cfg.c
index 78cfc15d52..db817a80c5 100644
--- a/trace2/tr2_cfg.c
+++ b/trace2/tr2_cfg.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "trace2.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_cfg.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_sysenv.h"
+#include "wildmatch.h"
 
 static struct strbuf **tr2_cfg_patterns;
 static int tr2_cfg_count_patterns;