diff --git a/src/libcharon/bus/listeners/sys_logger.c b/src/libcharon/bus/listeners/sys_logger.c
index 11421ad05..5bc1d581a 100644
--- a/src/libcharon/bus/listeners/sys_logger.c
+++ b/src/libcharon/bus/listeners/sys_logger.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
 
 #include "sys_logger.h"
 
diff --git a/src/libcharon/bus/listeners/sys_logger.h b/src/libcharon/bus/listeners/sys_logger.h
index 730890d68..58d4de529 100644
--- a/src/libcharon/bus/listeners/sys_logger.h
+++ b/src/libcharon/bus/listeners/sys_logger.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 #ifndef SYS_LOGGER_H_
 #define SYS_LOGGER_H_
 
-#include <syslog.h>
-
 #include <bus/listeners/listener.h>
 
 typedef struct sys_logger_t sys_logger_t;
diff --git a/src/libcharon/daemon.c b/src/libcharon/daemon.c
index 6243026b2..b338f6ee6 100644
--- a/src/libcharon/daemon.c
+++ b/src/libcharon/daemon.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #ifdef CAPABILITIES