diff --git a/block/meson.build b/block/meson.build
index 59ff6d380c..1ac0c68f94 100644
--- a/block/meson.build
+++ b/block/meson.build
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ block_gen_c = custom_target('block-gen.c',
                                       '../include/block/dirty-bitmap.h',
                                       '../include/block/block_int-io.h',
                                       '../include/block/block-global-state.h',
+                                      '../include/block/qapi.h',
                                       '../include/sysemu/block-backend-global-state.h',
                                       '../include/sysemu/block-backend-io.h',
                                       'coroutines.h'
diff --git a/scripts/block-coroutine-wrapper.py b/scripts/block-coroutine-wrapper.py
index a38e5833fb..28685d190d 100644
--- a/scripts/block-coroutine-wrapper.py
+++ b/scripts/block-coroutine-wrapper.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def gen_header():
 #include "block/block-gen.h"
 #include "block/block_int.h"
 #include "block/dirty-bitmap.h"
+#include "block/qapi.h"
 """