diff --git a/include/block/qdict.h b/include/block/qdict.h
index ced2acfb92..b4c28d96a9 100644
--- a/include/block/qdict.h
+++ b/include/block/qdict.h
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 
+QObject *qdict_crumple(const QDict *src, Error **errp);
+void qdict_flatten(QDict *qdict);
+
 void qdict_copy_default(QDict *dst, QDict *src, const char *key);
 void qdict_set_default_str(QDict *dst, const char *key, const char *val);
 
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qdict.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qdict.h
index 882d950bde..82e90fc072 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qdict.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qdict.h
@@ -68,7 +68,4 @@ const char *qdict_get_try_str(const QDict *qdict, const char *key);
 
 QDict *qdict_clone_shallow(const QDict *src);
 
-QObject *qdict_crumple(const QDict *src, Error **errp);
-void qdict_flatten(QDict *qdict);
-
 #endif /* QDICT_H */
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index 5312bd2564..06a0e342fe 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qapi-visit-qom.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-ui.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
+#include "block/qdict.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "sysemu/iothread.h"
 #include "qemu/guest-random.h"
diff --git a/tests/unit/check-qobject.c b/tests/unit/check-qobject.c
index 0ed094e55f..c5e850a10c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/check-qobject.c
+++ b/tests/unit/check-qobject.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnull.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnum.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
+#include "block/qdict.h"
 
 #include <math.h>