diff --git a/src/detect-flowbits.c b/src/detect-flowbits.c
index ceda4c147d..258cee6bda 100644
--- a/src/detect-flowbits.c
+++ b/src/detect-flowbits.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #include "detect-flowbits.h"
 #include "util-spm.h"
 
+#include "app-layer-parser.h"
+
 #include "detect-parse.h"
 #include "detect-engine.h"
 #include "detect-engine-mpm.h"