diff --git a/accel/tcg/cpu-exec-common.c b/accel/tcg/cpu-exec-common.c
index 176ea57281..e7962c9348 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/cpu-exec-common.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/cpu-exec-common.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/cpus.h"
 #include "sysemu/tcg.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
+#include "qemu/plugin.h"
 
 bool tcg_allowed;
 
diff --git a/cpu.c b/cpu.c
index 567b23af46..849bac062c 100644
--- a/cpu.c
+++ b/cpu.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "hw/core/accel-cpu.h"
 #include "trace/trace-root.h"
 #include "qemu/accel.h"
+#include "qemu/plugin.h"
 
 uintptr_t qemu_host_page_size;
 intptr_t qemu_host_page_mask;
diff --git a/include/user/syscall-trace.h b/include/user/syscall-trace.h
index c5a220da34..90bda7631c 100644
--- a/include/user/syscall-trace.h
+++ b/include/user/syscall-trace.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #define SYSCALL_TRACE_H
 
 #include "exec/user/abitypes.h"
+#include "qemu/plugin.h"
 #include "trace/trace-root.h"
 
 /*
diff --git a/linux-user/exit.c b/linux-user/exit.c
index fd49d76f45..3017d28a3c 100644
--- a/linux-user/exit.c
+++ b/linux-user/exit.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "gdbstub/syscalls.h"
 #include "qemu.h"
 #include "user-internals.h"
+#include "qemu/plugin.h"
 #ifdef CONFIG_GPROF
 #include <sys/gmon.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 24cea6fb6a..27871641f4 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "qemu/path.h"
 #include "qemu/memfd.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
+#include "qemu/plugin.h"
 #include "target_mman.h"
 #include <elf.h>
 #include <endian.h>