diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index 1c1aad652f0926cedb4f688327ba6e51a2a49ff3..e292206c60c93754e301bde020881daa32517b14 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@
 #include "avio.h"
 #include "libavformat/version.h"
 
+#if FF_API_AV_GETTIME
+#include "libavutil/time.h"
+#endif
+
 struct AVFormatContext;
 
 
@@ -1635,10 +1639,6 @@ void av_dump_format(AVFormatContext *ic,
                     const char *url,
                     int is_output);
 
-#if FF_API_AV_GETTIME
-int64_t av_gettime(void);
-#endif
-
 /**
  * Return in 'buf' the path with '%d' replaced by a number.
  *