diff --git a/src/util/virbitmap.c b/src/util/virbitmap.c
index 0cc5292d8c..ef18dad255 100644
--- a/src/util/virbitmap.c
+++ b/src/util/virbitmap.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 #include "virbitmap.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
 #include "virbuffer.h"
 #include "c-ctype.h"
 #include "count-one-bits.h"
diff --git a/src/util/virbitmap.h b/src/util/virbitmap.h
index 2464814055..312e7e2933 100644
--- a/src/util/virbitmap.h
+++ b/src/util/virbitmap.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 # define __BITMAP_H__
 
 # include "internal.h"
+# include "viralloc.h"
 
 # include <sys/types.h>
 
@@ -155,4 +156,6 @@ void virBitmapSubtract(virBitmapPtr a, virBitmapPtr b)
 
 void virBitmapShrink(virBitmapPtr map, size_t b);
 
+VIR_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_FUNC(virBitmap, virBitmapFree)
+
 #endif