diff --git a/hw/misc/ivshmem.c b/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
index 1838bc8..55071dc 100644
--- a/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
+++ b/hw/misc/ivshmem.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * GNU GPL, version 2 or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "hw/i386/pc.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"