diff --git a/helpers/check-va-api.c b/helpers/check-va-api.c
index 3026d01a759f461e8cae951736815fb2d6e38853..fb687c57831521d5da8df5daf9a4da3cab3bf66c 100644
--- a/helpers/check-va-api.c
+++ b/helpers/check-va-api.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include <va/va.h>
 #include <va/va_x11.h>
 
+#include "steam-runtime-tools/libc-utils-internal.h"
+
 enum
 {
   OPTION_HELP = 1,
diff --git a/helpers/meson.build b/helpers/meson.build
index 5e9541ca17c90a3a7c29fc751966006d91b3c848..b7de5e59e58b757e3b17b431bf33de752968a42b 100644
--- a/helpers/meson.build
+++ b/helpers/meson.build
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ srt_helpers += executable(
 srt_helpers += executable(
   multiarch + '-check-va-api',
   'check-va-api.c',
-  dependencies : [libva, libva_x11, xlib],
+  dependencies : [libva, libva_x11, xlib, libsteamrt_libc_utils_dep],
   include_directories : project_include_dirs,
   install : true,
   install_dir : pkglibexecdir,