diff --git a/openbsc/include/sccp/sccp.h b/openbsc/include/sccp/sccp.h
index 3ad568c0b..d7b57c610 100644
--- a/openbsc/include/sccp/sccp.h
+++ b/openbsc/include/sccp/sccp.h
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include <sys/socket.h>
-
-#include <openbsc/msgb.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 
 #include "sccp_types.h"
 
+struct msgb;
 struct sccp_system;
 
 enum {
diff --git a/openbsc/src/sccp/sccp.c b/openbsc/src/sccp/sccp.c
index 522afcf7a..bbf3e4074 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/sccp/sccp.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/sccp/sccp.c
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 
-#include <sccp/sccp.h>
-
+#include <openbsc/msgb.h>
 #include <openbsc/debug.h>
 #include <openbsc/talloc.h>
-#include <openbsc/linuxlist.h>
+
+#include <sccp/sccp.h>
+
 
 static void *tall_sccp_ctx;
 static LLIST_HEAD(sccp_connections);
diff --git a/openbsc/tests/sccp/sccp_test.c b/openbsc/tests/sccp/sccp_test.c
index 37615e0e2..91a80858d 100644
--- a/openbsc/tests/sccp/sccp_test.c
+++ b/openbsc/tests/sccp/sccp_test.c
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@
 
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 
-#include <sccp/sccp.h>
 #include <openbsc/gsm_data.h>
 #include <openbsc/debug.h>
+#include <openbsc/msgb.h>
+
+#include <sccp/sccp.h>
 
 #define MIN(x, y) ((x) < (y) ? (x) : (y))