diff --git a/libavcodec/vulkan_decode.c b/libavcodec/vulkan_decode.c
index 5def908a21..2448ee99ec 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vulkan_decode.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vulkan_decode.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "vulkan_decode.h"
 #include "config_components.h"
 #include "libavutil/avassert.h"
+#include "libavutil/vulkan_loader.h"
 
 #if CONFIG_H264_VULKAN_HWACCEL
 extern const VkExtensionProperties ff_vk_dec_h264_ext;
diff --git a/libavfilter/vulkan_filter.c b/libavfilter/vulkan_filter.c
index c77415d1be..d3dc2fdacb 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vulkan_filter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vulkan_filter.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "vulkan_filter.h"
+#include "libavutil/vulkan_loader.h"
 
 int ff_vk_filter_init_context(AVFilterContext *avctx, FFVulkanContext *s,
                               AVBufferRef *frames_ref,
diff --git a/libavutil/vulkan.c b/libavutil/vulkan.c
index bf8456b06d..76b61dcaaa 100644
--- a/libavutil/vulkan.c
+++ b/libavutil/vulkan.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "avassert.h"
 
 #include "vulkan.h"
-#include "vulkan_loader.h"
 
 const VkComponentMapping ff_comp_identity_map = {
     .r = VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_IDENTITY,
diff --git a/libavutil/vulkan.h b/libavutil/vulkan.h
index a5e78760d7..184d58ff5c 100644
--- a/libavutil/vulkan.h
+++ b/libavutil/vulkan.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "hwcontext.h"
 #include "vulkan_functions.h"
 #include "hwcontext_vulkan.h"
-#include "vulkan_loader.h"
 
 /* GLSL management macros */
 #define INDENT(N) INDENT_##N