diff --git a/src/msg/async/EventSelect.cc b/src/msg/async/EventSelect.cc
index 7ee22e8d0ee15..c0a488a2f59b8 100644
--- a/src/msg/async/EventSelect.cc
+++ b/src/msg/async/EventSelect.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include "common/errno.h"
 #include "EventSelect.h"
 
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/select.h>
 #define dout_subsys ceph_subsys_ms
 
 #undef dout_prefix
diff --git a/src/msg/async/EventSelect.h b/src/msg/async/EventSelect.h
index 7cf42ffbe3dd7..2cc6de2c81b3f 100644
--- a/src/msg/async/EventSelect.h
+++ b/src/msg/async/EventSelect.h
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 #ifndef CEPH_MSG_EVENTSELECT_H
 #define CEPH_MSG_EVENTSELECT_H
 
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <sys/select.h>
-
 #include "Event.h"
 
 class SelectDriver : public EventDriver {