diff --git a/include/libxml/xinclude.h b/include/libxml/xinclude.h
index da3623db..e7e96dc4 100644
--- a/include/libxml/xinclude.h
+++ b/include/libxml/xinclude.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #define __XML_XINCLUDE_H__
 
 #include <libxml/xmlversion.h>
+#include <libxml/xmlerror.h>
 #include <libxml/tree.h>
 
 #ifdef LIBXML_XINCLUDE_ENABLED