diff --git a/libavformat/flvdec.c b/libavformat/flvdec.c
index 10f0ea7736..7f9d795044 100644
--- a/libavformat/flvdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/flvdec.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
 #include "libavutil/channel_layout.h"
 #include "libavutil/dict.h"
+#include "libavutil/dict_internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/opt.h"
 #include "libavutil/internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/intfloat.h"
diff --git a/libavformat/ifv.c b/libavformat/ifv.c
index 490608c5de..694abd951b 100644
--- a/libavformat/ifv.c
+++ b/libavformat/ifv.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "libavutil/channel_layout.h"
+#include "libavutil/dict_internal.h"
 #include "avformat.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "avio_internal.h"
diff --git a/libavformat/matroskadec.c b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
index ad7ee390a2..16a3e93611 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskadec.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/base64.h"
 #include "libavutil/bprint.h"
 #include "libavutil/dict.h"
+#include "libavutil/dict_internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/display.h"
 #include "libavutil/intfloat.h"
 #include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
diff --git a/libavformat/mov.c b/libavformat/mov.c
index 35e2271b14..df45408060 100644
--- a/libavformat/mov.c
+++ b/libavformat/mov.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/attributes.h"
 #include "libavutil/bprint.h"
 #include "libavutil/channel_layout.h"
+#include "libavutil/dict_internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
 #include "libavutil/intfloat.h"
diff --git a/libavformat/mux_utils.c b/libavformat/mux_utils.c
index 8b95fc5e7e..764c834fa2 100644
--- a/libavformat/mux_utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/mux_utils.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "libavutil/dict.h"
+#include "libavutil/dict_internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/log.h"
 #include "libavutil/mem.h"
diff --git a/libavformat/mxfdec.c b/libavformat/mxfdec.c
index feebff67aa..e63e803aa5 100644
--- a/libavformat/mxfdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/mxfdec.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include "libavcodec/bytestream.h"
 #include "libavcodec/internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/channel_layout.h"
+#include "libavutil/dict_internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
 #include "libavutil/parseutils.h"
 #include "libavutil/timecode.h"
diff --git a/libavutil/dict.c b/libavutil/dict.c
index 9d3d96c58b..a4f638a1fc 100644
--- a/libavutil/dict.c
+++ b/libavutil/dict.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "avstring.h"
 #include "dict.h"
+#include "dict_internal.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "mem.h"
 #include "time_internal.h"
diff --git a/libavutil/dict_internal.h b/libavutil/dict_internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d5b0dc2b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavutil/dict_internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef AVUTIL_DICT_INTERNAL_H
+#define AVUTIL_DICT_INTERNAL_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "dict.h"
+
+/**
+ * Set a dictionary value to an ISO-8601 compliant timestamp string.
+ *
+ * @param dict pointer to a pointer to a dictionary struct. If *dict is NULL
+ *             a dictionary struct is allocated and put in *dict.
+ * @param key metadata key
+ * @param timestamp unix timestamp in microseconds
+ * @return <0 on error
+ */
+int avpriv_dict_set_timestamp(AVDictionary **dict, const char *key, int64_t timestamp);
+
+#endif /* AVUTIL_DICT_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/libavutil/internal.h b/libavutil/internal.h
index 8ee5a101c6..8bdc7b3ac8 100644
--- a/libavutil/internal.h
+++ b/libavutil/internal.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "attributes.h"
 #include "timer.h"
-#include "dict.h"
 #include "macros.h"
 #include "pixfmt.h"
 
@@ -230,15 +229,4 @@ static av_always_inline av_const int avpriv_mirror(int x, int w)
 
 void ff_check_pixfmt_descriptors(void);
 
-/**
- * Set a dictionary value to an ISO-8601 compliant timestamp string.
- *
- * @param dict pointer to a pointer to a dictionary struct. If *dict is NULL
- *             a dictionary struct is allocated and put in *dict.
- * @param key metadata key
- * @param timestamp unix timestamp in microseconds
- * @return <0 on error
- */
-int avpriv_dict_set_timestamp(AVDictionary **dict, const char *key, int64_t timestamp);
-
 #endif /* AVUTIL_INTERNAL_H */