diff --git a/bootdevice.c b/bootdevice.c
index 2e83ff05eb..bb9c08e535 100644
--- a/bootdevice.c
+++ b/bootdevice.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-core.h"
 
 typedef struct FWBootEntry FWBootEntry;