diff --git a/libavutil/timer.h b/libavutil/timer.h
index ea5c891cf3f5ba02aa8f4fe37f45691a48ebe16f..d2c50019a67c5defd6ed93667e65eea17eff4e43 100644
--- a/libavutil/timer.h
+++ b/libavutil/timer.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+#include "log.h"
+
 #if   ARCH_ARM
 #   include "arm/timer.h"
 #elif ARCH_BFIN