diff --git a/src/shared/snapshot-util.c b/src/shared/snapshot-util.c
index a05cbcc8ea..93fd886d7b 100644
--- a/src/shared/snapshot-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/snapshot-util.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "discover-image.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "mountpoint-util.h"
+#include "runtime-scope.h"
 #include "snapshot-util.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
 #include "tmpfile-util.h"
diff --git a/src/shared/snapshot-util.h b/src/shared/snapshot-util.h
index 18a593f5c8..aec83aee99 100644
--- a/src/shared/snapshot-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/snapshot-util.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
 #pragma once
 
-#include "runtime-scope.h"
+#include "shared-forward.h"
 
 /* create_ephemeral_snapshot - create a snapshot of the given directory.
  *