diff --git a/tests/examples/ges-ui.c b/tests/examples/ges-ui.c
index 9d063ea4d4..89a02e1c12 100644
--- a/tests/examples/ges-ui.c
+++ b/tests/examples/ges-ui.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 #include <glib.h>
+#include <glib/gprintf.h>
 #include <ges/ges.h>
 #include <regex.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/ges-launch.c b/tools/ges-launch.c
index 6f9232599d..0756d2e1d7 100644
--- a/tools/ges-launch.c
+++ b/tools/ges-launch.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <glib.h>
+#include <glib/gprintf.h>
 #include <ges/ges.h>
 #include <gst/pbutils/encoding-profile.h>
 #include <regex.h>