diff --git a/libavutil/cpu.h b/libavutil/cpu.h
index ee6705adef..0cd8117159 100644
--- a/libavutil/cpu.h
+++ b/libavutil/cpu.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #define AVUTIL_CPU_H
 
 #include "attributes.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 #define AV_CPU_FLAG_FORCE    0x80000000 /* force usage of selected flags (OR) */