diff --git a/gtk/a11y/gtkentryaccessible.c b/gtk/a11y/gtkentryaccessible.c
index 2406f0f81c..abbaef8e9e 100644
--- a/gtk/a11y/gtkentryaccessible.c
+++ b/gtk/a11y/gtkentryaccessible.c
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+#define GDK_COMPILATION
+#include "gdk/gdkeventsprivate.h"
+
 #include <glib/gi18n-lib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>