diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
index 716044808b..0f1c3631c7 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <glib/gstdio.h>
+#include <sys/file.h>
 
 /**
  * SECTION:ostree-repo
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.c b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.c
index f50e34bdde..4ed0d759d9 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include "otutil.h"
+#include <sys/file.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>