diff --git a/include/haproxy/cli.h b/include/haproxy/cli.h
index 0a4433b69..31020430e 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/cli.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/cli.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <haproxy/channel-t.h>
 #include <haproxy/cli-t.h>
 #include <haproxy/global.h>
+#include <haproxy/mworker-t.h>
 #include <haproxy/stream-t.h>
 
 
diff --git a/include/haproxy/global.h b/include/haproxy/global.h
index 547a2b8ce..a095a5268 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/global.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/global.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 #include <haproxy/api-t.h>
 #include <haproxy/global-t.h>
-#include <haproxy/mworker-t.h>
 
 extern const char *build_features;
 extern struct global global;
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ extern char *localpeer;
 extern unsigned int warned;     /* bitfield of a few warnings to emit just once */
 extern volatile unsigned long sleeping_thread_mask;
 extern struct list proc_list; /* list of process in mworker mode */
-extern struct mworker_proc *proc_self; /* process structure of current process */
 extern int master; /* 1 if in master, 0 otherwise */
 extern unsigned int rlim_fd_cur_at_boot;
 extern unsigned int rlim_fd_max_at_boot;
diff --git a/include/haproxy/mworker.h b/include/haproxy/mworker.h
index edc612ec3..434077c0c 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/mworker.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/mworker.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include <haproxy/mworker-t.h>
 #include <haproxy/signal-t.h>
 
+extern struct mworker_proc *proc_self;
+
 void mworker_proc_list_to_env();
 void mworker_env_to_proc_list();
 
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 3de53bfce..41715c105 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -252,8 +252,6 @@ unsigned int rlim_fd_max_at_boot = 0;
 /* per-boot randomness */
 unsigned char boot_seed[20];        /* per-boot random seed (160 bits initially) */
 
-struct mworker_proc *proc_self = NULL;
-
 static void *run_thread_poll_loop(void *data);
 
 /* bitfield of a few warnings to emit just once (WARN_*) */
diff --git a/src/mworker.c b/src/mworker.c
index e3c579b57..b69c1adcb 100644
--- a/src/mworker.c
+++ b/src/mworker.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 static int exitcode = -1;
 static int max_reloads = -1; /* number max of reloads a worker can have until they are killed */
+struct mworker_proc *proc_self = NULL; /* process structure of current process */
 
 /* ----- children processes handling ----- */