diff --git a/chef/lib/chef/application/windows_service.rb b/chef/lib/chef/application/windows_service.rb
index dbef4439e14..a51c927503f 100644
--- a/chef/lib/chef/application/windows_service.rb
+++ b/chef/lib/chef/application/windows_service.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
+require 'chef'
 require 'chef/application'
 require 'chef/client'
 require 'chef/config'