diff --git a/src/analyzer/protocol/mysql/MySQL.cc b/src/analyzer/protocol/mysql/MySQL.cc
index 16225bd59..abcd763a1 100644
--- a/src/analyzer/protocol/mysql/MySQL.cc
+++ b/src/analyzer/protocol/mysql/MySQL.cc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "analyzer/protocol/tcp/TCP_Reassembler.h"
 #include "Reporter.h"
 #include "events.bif.h"
+#include "mysql_pac.h"
 
 using namespace analyzer::MySQL;
 
diff --git a/src/analyzer/protocol/mysql/MySQL.h b/src/analyzer/protocol/mysql/MySQL.h
index 7f19b3fbe..b27fe8778 100644
--- a/src/analyzer/protocol/mysql/MySQL.h
+++ b/src/analyzer/protocol/mysql/MySQL.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "events.bif.h"
 #include "analyzer/protocol/tcp/TCP.h"
 
-#include "mysql_pac.h"
+namespace binpac { namespace MySQL { class MySQL_Conn; } }
 
 namespace analyzer { namespace MySQL {
 
diff --git a/src/analyzer/protocol/mysql/mysql.pac b/src/analyzer/protocol/mysql/mysql.pac
index 1cb80aff7..4949d10d3 100644
--- a/src/analyzer/protocol/mysql/mysql.pac
+++ b/src/analyzer/protocol/mysql/mysql.pac
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 %include bro.pac
 
 %extern{
+	#include "MySQL.h"
 	#include "events.bif.h"
 %}