diff --git a/programs/util.c b/programs/util.c
index 703c06552..5e7a10c12 100644
--- a/programs/util.c
+++ b/programs/util.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ extern "C" {
 ******************************************/
 #include "util.h"       /* note : ensure that platform.h is included first ! */
 #include <stdlib.h>     /* malloc, realloc, free */
+#include <stdio.h>      /* fprintf */
 #include <time.h>       /* clock_t, clock, CLOCKS_PER_SEC, nanosleep */
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <assert.h>
diff --git a/programs/util.h b/programs/util.h
index 7beaec64e..6e8711fd1 100644
--- a/programs/util.h
+++ b/programs/util.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ extern "C" {
 ******************************************/
 #include "platform.h"     /* PLATFORM_POSIX_VERSION, ZSTD_NANOSLEEP_SUPPORT, ZSTD_SETPRIORITY_SUPPORT */
 #include <stddef.h>       /* size_t, ptrdiff_t */
-#include <stdio.h>        /* fprintf */
 #include <sys/types.h>    /* stat, utime */
 #include <sys/stat.h>     /* stat, chmod */
 #include "mem.h"          /* U64 */