diff --git a/src/machine/machined-dbus.c b/src/machine/machined-dbus.c
index 9010b58fb2..31237c811a 100644
--- a/src/machine/machined-dbus.c
+++ b/src/machine/machined-dbus.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "machine.h"
 #include "machine-dbus.h"
 #include "machined.h"
+#include "machined-dbus.h"
 #include "namespace-util.h"
 #include "operation.h"
 #include "os-util.h"
@@ -1451,8 +1452,8 @@ const BusObjectImplementation manager_object = {
         "/org/freedesktop/machine1",
         "org.freedesktop.machine1.Manager",
         .vtables = BUS_VTABLES(manager_vtable),
-        .children = BUS_IMPLEMENTATIONS( &machine_object,
-                                         &image_object ),
+        .children = BUS_IMPLEMENTATIONS(&machine_object,
+                                        &image_object),
 };
 
 int match_job_removed(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *error) {
diff --git a/src/machine/machined-dbus.h b/src/machine/machined-dbus.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a1d610c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/machine/machined-dbus.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+#pragma once
+
+#include "machine-forward.h"
+
+extern const BusObjectImplementation manager_object;
diff --git a/src/machine/machined.c b/src/machine/machined.c
index dfb01abea6..7c1f57baac 100644
--- a/src/machine/machined.c
+++ b/src/machine/machined.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "hostname-util.h"
 #include "machine.h"
 #include "machined.h"
+#include "machined-dbus.h"
 #include "machined-varlink.h"
 #include "main-func.h"
 #include "mkdir-label.h"
diff --git a/src/machine/machined.h b/src/machine/machined.h
index 7c8922ed3e..daba5a9bbd 100644
--- a/src/machine/machined.h
+++ b/src/machine/machined.h
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ typedef struct Manager {
 int manager_add_machine(Manager *m, const char *name, Machine **ret);
 int manager_get_machine_by_pidref(Manager *m, const PidRef *pidref, Machine **ret);
 
-extern const BusObjectImplementation manager_object;
-
 int match_reloading(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *error);
 int match_unit_removed(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *error);
 int match_properties_changed(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *error);