diff --git a/clients/tools/common.c b/clients/tools/common.c
index 1f17a11295..eff2162406 100644
--- a/clients/tools/common.c
+++ b/clients/tools/common.c
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
 #include <ac/unistd.h>
 #include <ac/errno.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SASL_SASL_H
+#include <sasl/sasl.h>
+#else
+#include <sasl.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <ldap.h>
 
 #include "lutil_ldap.h"