diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 2118efbe72..15197002ef 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
+#include "hw/core/cpu.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
 #include "migration/qemu-file-types.h"
 #include "qemu/atomic.h"