diff --git a/src/libotutil/otutil.h b/src/libotutil/otutil.h
index 1b543062..4279bc15 100644
--- a/src/libotutil/otutil.h
+++ b/src/libotutil/otutil.h
@@ -23,8 +23,13 @@
 
 #include <gio/gio.h>
 #include <string.h> /* Yeah...let's just do that here. */
+#include <syslog.h>
 #include <libglnx.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD
+#include <systemd/sd-journal.h>
+#endif
+
 /* https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766370 */
 #if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 49, 3)
 #define OT_VARIANT_BUILDER_INITIALIZER {{0,}}