diff --git a/src/perl/module.h b/src/perl/module.h
index e12482ab..9a2e8063 100644
--- a/src/perl/module.h
+++ b/src/perl/module.h
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include "common.h"
+
 #ifdef NEED_PERL_H
 #  include <EXTERN.h>
 #  ifndef _SEM_SEMUN_UNDEFINED
@@ -16,8 +18,6 @@
 extern PerlInterpreter *my_perl; /* must be called my_perl or some perl implementations won't work */
 #endif
 
-#include "common.h"
-
 #define MODULE_NAME "perl/core"
 
 /* Change this every time when some API changes between irssi's perl module