diff --git a/libavutil/error.h b/libavutil/error.h
index 71df4da353..0d3269aa6d 100644
--- a/libavutil/error.h
+++ b/libavutil/error.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 
+#include "macros.h"
+
 /**
  * @addtogroup lavu_error
  *