diff --git a/libavutil/file.h b/libavutil/file.h
index 3ef4a6022c..8ec210e783 100644
--- a/libavutil/file.h
+++ b/libavutil/file.h
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
 #ifndef AVUTIL_FILE_H
 #define AVUTIL_FILE_H
 
+#include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-#include "avutil.h"
+#include "attributes.h"
 
 /**
  * @file