diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index 651e0e08ed4994da691831ad5a6d5285a762280c..dd82bd87c1d1906a53d785033e9739c4fa8fd041 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 
 /* Needed early for CONFIG_BSD etc. */
 #include "config-host.h"
+/* Needed early to override system queue definitions on BSD */
+#include "sys-queue.h"
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #include <sys/times.h>