diff --git a/src/basic/alloc-util.h b/src/basic/alloc-util.h
index 900e798b57..7cf10ef4f3 100644
--- a/src/basic/alloc-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/alloc-util.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <alloca.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "assert-util.h"
diff --git a/src/basic/build-path.c b/src/basic/build-path.c
index 5d93bded4d..0341074ced 100644
--- a/src/basic/build-path.c
+++ b/src/basic/build-path.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <elf.h>
 #include <link.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/auxv.h>
 
 #include "build-path.h"
diff --git a/src/home/home-util.c b/src/home/home-util.c
index 2e5343f096..b695c5a49d 100644
--- a/src/home/home-util.c
+++ b/src/home/home-util.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
 #include "alloc-util.h"
 #include "dns-domain.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"