diff --git a/block/nfs.c b/block/nfs.c
index 0c43dc7ffb..9f51cc3f10 100644
--- a/block/nfs.c
+++ b/block/nfs.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "qemu/iov.h"
 #include "qemu/uri.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include <nfsc/libnfs.h>