diff --git a/src/decode.c b/src/decode.c
index 091b1a426c..98237adddd 100644
--- a/src/decode.c
+++ b/src/decode.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 
 #include "suricata-common.h"
 #include "suricata.h"
+#include "conf.h"
 #include "decode.h"
 #include "util-debug.h"
 #include "util-mem.h"