diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index a34dca0ad041713af58df661856195baaaf7ca63..21c1b96c34c6da46264cadfd8d38d7cb88571ba4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
 
 /**
  * struct subsys_private - structure to hold the private to the driver core portions of the bus_type/class structure.