diff --git a/xml.c b/xml.c
index 33f026103..3eaed92b3 100644
--- a/xml.c
+++ b/xml.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "iio-private.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <libxml/parser.h>
 #include <libxml/tree.h>
 #include <string.h>