diff --git a/src/util/virfile.c b/src/util/virfile.c
index 378d03ecf0ab8c03365ede8b7a4af3b523835956..2690e2d57ffd82ad99e8b628b942ca572655309f 100644
--- a/src/util/virfile.c
+++ b/src/util/virfile.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 
 #include "configmake.h"
 #include "intprops.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
 #include "vircommand.h"
 #include "virerror.h"
 #include "virfile.h"
diff --git a/src/util/virfile.h b/src/util/virfile.h
index 6f1e802fde782e824eb28a562f15857964b2ea13..b30a1d3fbd88c304ffa81be2a8b16c3f8e9aa80d 100644
--- a/src/util/virfile.h
+++ b/src/util/virfile.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 # include "internal.h"
 # include "virbitmap.h"
 # include "virstoragefile.h"
+# include "viralloc.h"
 
 typedef enum {
     VIR_FILE_CLOSE_PRESERVE_ERRNO = 1 << 0,
@@ -367,4 +368,6 @@ int virFileInData(int fd,
                   int *inData,
                   long long *length);
 
+VIR_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_FUNC(virFileWrapperFd, virFileWrapperFdFree)
+
 #endif /* __VIR_FILE_H */