diff --git a/include/netlink/route/link.h b/include/netlink/route/link.h
index d7d9cd3..2e5274a 100644
--- a/include/netlink/route/link.h
+++ b/include/netlink/route/link.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <netlink/netlink.h>
 #include <netlink/cache.h>
 #include <netlink/addr.h>
+#include <linux/if.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {