diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-local.c
index 56b302c122..3b0b6a9b1d 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-local.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
 #include "virtio-9p.h"
 #include "virtio-9p-xattr.h"
+#include "fsdev/qemu-fsdev.h"   /* local_ops */
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <grp.h>