diff --git a/src/util/virstring.c b/src/util/virstring.c
index 1bd6777232..feea5be051 100644
--- a/src/util/virstring.c
+++ b/src/util/virstring.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <regex.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 
 #include "base64.h"
 #include "c-ctype.h"
diff --git a/src/util/virutil.c b/src/util/virutil.c
index d7e01d4642..e4de4caec9 100644
--- a/src/util/virutil.c
+++ b/src/util/virutil.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <termios.h>
-#include <locale.h>
 
 #if WITH_DEVMAPPER
 # include <libdevmapper.h>