diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vdpa.h b/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vdpa.h
index f074ec0c4a..1437f400bf 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vdpa.h
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vdpa.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
  * Device specific vhost lib
  */
 
+#include <stdint.h>
+
 /** Maximum name length for statistics counters */
 #define RTE_VDPA_STATS_NAME_SIZE 64
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vdpa_dev.h b/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vdpa_dev.h
index a60183f780..bfada387b0 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vdpa_dev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vdpa_dev.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
 #include "rte_vhost.h"
+#include "rte_vdpa.h"
 
 #define RTE_VHOST_QUEUE_ALL UINT16_MAX
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_crypto.h b/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_crypto.h
index c809c46a21..8531757285 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_crypto.h
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_crypto.h
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
 #ifndef _VHOST_CRYPTO_H_
 #define _VHOST_CRYPTO_H_
 
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <rte_compat.h>
+
+/* pre-declare structs to avoid including full headers */
+struct rte_mempool;
+struct rte_crypto_op;
+
 #define VHOST_CRYPTO_MBUF_POOL_SIZE		(8192)
 #define VHOST_CRYPTO_MAX_BURST_SIZE		(64)
 #define VHOST_CRYPTO_MAX_DATA_SIZE		(4096)