diff --git a/hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.c b/hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.c
index ced15f764f..9d4ed54f65 100644
--- a/hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.c
+++ b/hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/reset.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 #include "hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.h"
+#include "hw/rtc/mc146818rtc_regs.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-misc-target.h"
diff --git a/hw/timer/hpet.c b/hw/timer/hpet.c
index 02bf8a8ce8..9f17aaa278 100644
--- a/hw/timer/hpet.c
+++ b/hw/timer/hpet.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "hw/timer/hpet.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.h"
+#include "hw/rtc/mc146818rtc_regs.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "hw/timer/i8254.h"
 
diff --git a/include/hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.h b/include/hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.h
index 2e9331637a..7fa59d4279 100644
--- a/include/hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.h
+++ b/include/hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #define HW_RTC_MC146818RTC_H
 
 #include "hw/isa/isa.h"
-#include "hw/rtc/mc146818rtc_regs.h"
 
 #define TYPE_MC146818_RTC "mc146818rtc"