diff --git a/tools/virt-host-validate-common.c b/tools/virt-host-validate-common.c
index 6a715ede76..dc7523dd86 100644
--- a/tools/virt-host-validate-common.c
+++ b/tools/virt-host-validate-common.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "virt-host-validate-common.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
 #include "virarch.h"
+#include "virutil.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_NONE
 
diff --git a/tools/virt-host-validate-common.h b/tools/virt-host-validate-common.h
index 1b7e93e520..a20470fa72 100644
--- a/tools/virt-host-validate-common.h
+++ b/tools/virt-host-validate-common.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "internal.h"
-#include "virutil.h"
 #include "virbitmap.h"
 #include "virenum.h"