diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapicompat.h b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapicompat.h
index 7f106eb782..0e4b24a646 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapicompat.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapicompat.h
@@ -42,4 +42,8 @@
 # include <va/va_compat.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_VA_VA_DEC_HEVC_H
+# include <va/va_dec_hevc.h>
+#endif
+
 #endif /* GST_VAAPI_COMPAT_H */
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_h265.c b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_h265.c
index a5bf999731..11dca0047c 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_h265.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_h265.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include <gst/base/gstadapter.h>
 #include <gst/codecparsers/gsth265parser.h>
+#include "gstvaapicompat.h"
 #include "gstvaapidecoder_h265.h"
 #include "gstvaapidecoder_objects.h"
 #include "gstvaapidecoder_priv.h"