diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index c7af6aae01..0b31c1488a 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "hw/pci/msi.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "kvm_i386.h"
 #include "hw/xen/xen.h"
diff --git a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
index 18cdc54bf9..f27a087061 100644
--- a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
+++ b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
 #include "qemu/range.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 
 typedef struct pc_dimms_capacity {
      uint64_t size;
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 812d03054d..0f92bb2df2 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  *
  */
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "hw/fw-path-provider.h"
 #include "elf.h"
diff --git a/include/sysemu/numa.h b/include/sysemu/numa.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..514914f9a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/sysemu/numa.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#ifndef SYSEMU_NUMA_H
+#define SYSEMU_NUMA_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include "qemu/bitmap.h"
+#include "qemu/option.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/hostmem.h"
+
+extern int nb_numa_nodes;   /* Number of NUMA nodes */
+extern int max_numa_nodeid; /* Highest specified NUMA node ID, plus one.
+                             * For all nodes, nodeid < max_numa_nodeid
+                             */
+
+typedef struct node_info {
+    uint64_t node_mem;
+    DECLARE_BITMAP(node_cpu, MAX_CPUMASK_BITS);
+    struct HostMemoryBackend *node_memdev;
+    bool present;
+} NodeInfo;
+extern NodeInfo numa_info[MAX_NODES];
+void set_numa_nodes(void);
+void set_numa_modes(void);
+void query_numa_node_mem(uint64_t node_mem[]);
+extern QemuOptsList qemu_numa_opts;
+int numa_init_func(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index 748d0597f0..a72665919b 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -147,24 +147,6 @@ extern int mem_prealloc;
  */
 #define MAX_CPUMASK_BITS 255
 
-extern int nb_numa_nodes;   /* Number of NUMA nodes */
-extern int max_numa_nodeid; /* Highest specified NUMA node ID, plus one.
-                             * For all nodes, nodeid < max_numa_nodeid
-                             */
-
-typedef struct node_info {
-    uint64_t node_mem;
-    DECLARE_BITMAP(node_cpu, MAX_CPUMASK_BITS);
-    struct HostMemoryBackend *node_memdev;
-    bool present;
-} NodeInfo;
-extern NodeInfo numa_info[MAX_NODES];
-void set_numa_nodes(void);
-void set_numa_modes(void);
-void query_numa_node_mem(uint64_t node_mem[]);
-extern QemuOptsList qemu_numa_opts;
-int numa_init_func(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque);
-
 #define MAX_OPTION_ROMS 16
 typedef struct QEMUOptionRom {
     const char *name;
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index c3cc060b45..8ee6b76cd6 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/char.h"
 #include "ui/qemu-spice.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "qemu/readline.h"
 #include "ui/console.h"
diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c
index afd28666b3..40f3d36472 100644
--- a/numa.c
+++ b/numa.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "exec/cpu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/bitmap.h"
 #include "qom/cpu.h"
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 8c8f14287e..eca970e985 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "ui/console.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "exec/gdbstub.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "sysemu/char.h"