diff --git a/src/conf/nwfilter_params.h b/src/conf/nwfilter_params.h
index 9bdf65c033..f7355c37df 100644
--- a/src/conf/nwfilter_params.h
+++ b/src/conf/nwfilter_params.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 # include "virhash.h"
 # include "virbuffer.h"
 # include "virmacaddr.h"
+# include "virxml.h"
 
 typedef enum {
     NWFILTER_VALUE_TYPE_SIMPLE,