diff --git a/include/git2/common.h b/include/git2/common.h
index 9a27ac2e5..d08935f8c 100644
--- a/include/git2/common.h
+++ b/include/git2/common.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "thread-utils.h"
 #include <time.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 # define GIT_BEGIN_DECL  extern "C" {
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index f4f11fd2f..fc444c4d4 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #ifdef GIT_WIN32