diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h
index bc73daecb4..fee2181af2 100644
--- a/include/qemu-common.h
+++ b/include/qemu-common.h
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
 int qemu_main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp);
 #endif
 
-
-void qemu_progress_init(int enabled, float min_skip);
-void qemu_progress_end(void);
-void qemu_progress_print(float delta, int max);
 const char *qemu_get_vm_name(void);
 
 /* OS specific functions */
diff --git a/include/qemu/qemu-progress.h b/include/qemu/qemu-progress.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..137e1c316f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/qemu/qemu-progress.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef QEMU_PROGRESS_H
+#define QEMU_PROGRESS_H
+
+void qemu_progress_init(int enabled, float min_skip);
+void qemu_progress_end(void);
+void qemu_progress_print(float delta, int max);
+
+#endif /* QEMU_PROGRESS_H */
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index cf63db7655..116e058675 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/qemu-progress.h"
 #include "qemu-version.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-block-core.h"
diff --git a/util/qemu-progress.c b/util/qemu-progress.c
index 20d51f8c12..aa994668f1 100644
--- a/util/qemu-progress.c
+++ b/util/qemu-progress.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/qemu-progress.h"
 
 struct progress_state {
     float current;