diff --git a/libavutil/timer.h b/libavutil/timer.h
index 3e242f3463..8de67f16d2 100644
--- a/libavutil/timer.h
+++ b/libavutil/timer.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+#include "log.h"
+
 #if   ARCH_ARM
 #   include "arm/timer.h"
 #elif ARCH_BFIN