diff --git a/block/nfs.c b/block/nfs.c
index 7220e8991b..0c43dc7ffb 100644
--- a/block/nfs.c
+++ b/block/nfs.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "block/block_int.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "qemu/iov.h"