diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.h b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
index dccd4204f3..28d4c9d6ae 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.h
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 
 #include "libavutil/avutil.h"
+#include "libavutil/dict.h"
 #include "libavutil/log.h"
 #include "libavutil/samplefmt.h"
 #include "libavutil/pixfmt.h"