diff --git a/scripts/qapi-commands.py b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
index 9eed40e18ae6096b21b59627ce91035ccd59d8b3..3c4678dbf1e65088b49f80dd6e0e6e4304db6b38 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-commands.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ def gen_command_decl_prologue(header, guard, prefix=""):
 #define %(guard)s
 
 #include "%(prefix)sqapi-types.h"
+#include "qdict.h"
 #include "error.h"
 
 ''',