diff --git a/compositor/weston.h b/compositor/weston.h
index 84bc6706..036d9cf8 100644
--- a/compositor/weston.h
+++ b/compositor/weston.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #include <libweston/libweston.h>
+#include <libweston/config-parser.h>
 
 void
 screenshooter_create(struct weston_compositor *ec);
diff --git a/include/libweston/libweston.h b/include/libweston/libweston.h
index 9f99b9d0..f28a3326 100644
--- a/include/libweston/libweston.h
+++ b/include/libweston/libweston.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <wayland-server.h>
 
 #include <libweston/matrix.h>
-#include <libweston/config-parser.h>
 #include <libweston/zalloc.h>
 #include <libweston/timeline-object.h>