diff --git a/contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c b/contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c
index cca1061..4c9a11f 100644
--- a/contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c
+++ b/contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
 #include "ivshmem-server.h"