diff --git a/src/libcamera/camera_manager.cpp b/src/libcamera/camera_manager.cpp
index 37ccbd533790856a..4ea7ed44cc31f747 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/camera_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/camera_manager.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * camera_manager.h - Camera management
  */
 
+#include <libcamera/camera.h>
 #include <libcamera/camera_manager.h>
 #include <libcamera/event_dispatcher.h>
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/include/pipeline_handler.h b/src/libcamera/include/pipeline_handler.h
index f05f201f7ca824eb..87dc3debd795eb3e 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/include/pipeline_handler.h
+++ b/src/libcamera/include/pipeline_handler.h
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include <libcamera/camera.h>
-
 namespace libcamera {
 
+class Camera;
 class CameraManager;
 class DeviceEnumerator;