diff --git a/oshmem/include/shmem.h.in b/oshmem/include/shmem.h.in
index 0e9e65b4f38..f4cda03c783 100644
--- a/oshmem/include/shmem.h.in
+++ b/oshmem/include/shmem.h.in
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <shmem-compat.h>
-#include <shmemx.h>
 
 #if defined(c_plusplus) || defined(__cplusplus)
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/oshmem/include/shmemx.h b/oshmem/include/shmemx.h
index da1fb7f1d55..4186cc04c60 100644
--- a/oshmem/include/shmemx.h
+++ b/oshmem/include/shmemx.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #ifndef OSHMEM_SHMEMX_H
 #define OSHMEM_SHMEMX_H
 
+#include <shmem.h>
+
 #if defined(c_plusplus) || defined(__cplusplus)
 extern "C" {
 #endif