diff --git a/sys/boot/uboot/common/metadata.c b/sys/boot/uboot/common/metadata.c
index e0ab469a370..65ba0035c77 100644
--- a/sys/boot/uboot/common/metadata.c
+++ b/sys/boot/uboot/common/metadata.c
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include "bootstrap.h"
 #include "glue.h"
 
+#if defined(LOADER_FDT_SUPPORT)
+#include "libuboot.h"
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Return a 'boothowto' value corresponding to the kernel arguments in
  * (kargs) and any relevant environment variables.