diff --git a/src/include/int_types.h b/src/include/int_types.h
index 98220e9a52e..ec71b64c1bd 100644
--- a/src/include/int_types.h
+++ b/src/include/int_types.h
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 
 #include "acconfig.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_TYPES_H
-#include <linux/types.h>
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Get 64b integers either from inttypes.h or glib.h
  */
@@ -26,6 +22,14 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Include types.h after stdint.h to accomodate for older distributions
+ *
+ */
+#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_TYPES_H
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Emergency replacements for PRI*64 modifiers. Some systems have
  * an inttypes.h that doesn't define all the PRI[doxu]64 macros.