diff --git a/source/blender/nodes/composite/node_composite_util.hh b/source/blender/nodes/composite/node_composite_util.hh
index 30c020809ac..1a9a9b48706 100644
--- a/source/blender/nodes/composite/node_composite_util.hh
+++ b/source/blender/nodes/composite/node_composite_util.hh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "NOD_composite.hh"            // IWYU pragma: export
 #include "NOD_socket.hh"               // IWYU pragma: export
 #include "NOD_socket_declarations.hh"  // IWYU pragma: export
+#include "NOD_socket_search_link.hh"
 
 #define CMP_SCALE_MAX 12000