diff --git a/libavcodec/exif.h b/libavcodec/exif.h
index 4db84a1c2f..310f6e8e64 100644
--- a/libavcodec/exif.h
+++ b/libavcodec/exif.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include "libavutil/dict.h"
+#include "bytestream.h"
 #include "tiff.h"
 
 #define EXIF_MAX_IFD_RECURSION 2