diff --git a/fsdev/file-op-9p.h b/fsdev/file-op-9p.h
index 42f677cf38..8fd89f0447 100644
--- a/fsdev/file-op-9p.h
+++ b/fsdev/file-op-9p.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <utime.h>
 #include <sys/vfs.h>
 #include "qemu-fsdev-throttle.h"
+#include "p9array.h"
 
 #define SM_LOCAL_MODE_BITS    0600
 #define SM_LOCAL_DIR_MODE_BITS    0700
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ struct V9fsPath {
     uint16_t size;
     char *data;
 };
+P9ARRAY_DECLARE_TYPE(V9fsPath);
 
 typedef union V9fsFidOpenState V9fsFidOpenState;
 
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.c b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
index e874899ef5..15bb16f466 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ enum {
     Oappend = 0x80,
 };
 
+P9ARRAY_DEFINE_TYPE(V9fsPath, v9fs_path_free);
+
 static ssize_t pdu_marshal(V9fsPDU *pdu, size_t offset, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     ssize_t ret;