diff --git a/libavcodec/vaapi.h b/libavcodec/vaapi.h
index d62066281e..4161a667a5 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vaapi.h
+++ b/libavcodec/vaapi.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define AVCODEC_VAAPI_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <va/va.h>
 
 /**
  * \defgroup VAAPI_Decoding VA API Decoding