diff --git a/oshmem/shmem/c/shmem_context.c b/oshmem/shmem/c/shmem_context.c
index 44367bb6b0..a5a094e605 100644
--- a/oshmem/shmem/c/shmem_context.c
+++ b/oshmem/shmem/c/shmem_context.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "oshmem/constants.h"
 #include "oshmem/include/shmem.h"
+#include "oshmem/mca/spml/spml.h"
 #include "oshmem/runtime/params.h"
 #include "oshmem/runtime/runtime.h"
 #include "oshmem/shmem/shmem_api_logger.h"