diff --git a/libavcodec/imgconvert.h b/libavcodec/imgconvert.h
index 2370aa6f7d..102f925c0b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/imgconvert.h
+++ b/libavcodec/imgconvert.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #ifndef FFMPEG_IMGCONVERT_H
 #define FFMPEG_IMGCONVERT_H
 
+#include "avcodec.h"
+
 int ff_fill_linesize(AVPicture *picture, int pix_fmt, int width);
 
 int ff_fill_pointer(AVPicture *picture, uint8_t *ptr, int pix_fmt, int height);