diff --git a/libdispatch/dinstance.c b/libdispatch/dinstance.c
index d0f32a687d..18d8cfe07e 100644
--- a/libdispatch/dinstance.c
+++ b/libdispatch/dinstance.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Currently two operations are defined:
 #include <assert.h>
 #include "netcdf.h"
 #include "netcdf_aux.h"
+#include "ncdispatch.h"
 #include "nc4internal.h"
 #include "nc4dispatch.h"
 #include "ncoffsets.h"
diff --git a/libhdf5/hdf5var.c b/libhdf5/hdf5var.c
index 4ba7fa5cfb..2f3991a5eb 100644
--- a/libhdf5/hdf5var.c
+++ b/libhdf5/hdf5var.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "config.h"
+#include "ncdispatch.h"
 #include "nc4internal.h"
 #include "hdf5internal.h"
 #include "hdf5err.h" /* For BAIL2 */
diff --git a/libsrc4/nc4type.c b/libsrc4/nc4type.c
index 872dabcbcd..230fd2d18a 100644
--- a/libsrc4/nc4type.c
+++ b/libsrc4/nc4type.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  *
  * @author Ed Hartnett
  */
+#include "ncdispatch.h"
 #include "nc4internal.h"
 #include "nc4dispatch.h"
 #include <stddef.h>