diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_eth_ctrl.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_eth_ctrl.h
index 1cca522fa3..8a50dbfef9 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_eth_ctrl.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_eth_ctrl.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <rte_common.h>
 #include <rte_ether.h>
 #include "rte_flow.h"
+#include "rte_ethdev.h"
 
 /**
  * @deprecated Please use rte_flow API instead of this legacy one.