diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/audit.c b/plugins/sudoers/audit.c
index 5f07cd140..487ce189c 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/audit.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/audit.c
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "sudoers.h"
-#include "log_client.h"
+#ifdef SUDOERS_LOG_CLIENT
+# include "log_client.h"
+#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_BSM_AUDIT
 # include "bsm_audit.h"
diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/iolog.c b/plugins/sudoers/iolog.c
index 0ec4bcdf9..6a194bce5 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/iolog.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/iolog.c
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@
 #include "sudoers.h"
 #include "sudo_eventlog.h"
 #include "sudo_iolog.h"
-#include "log_client.h"
+#include "strlist.h"
+#ifdef SUDOERS_LOG_CLIENT
+# include "log_client.h"
+#endif
 
 static struct iolog_file iolog_files[] = {
     { false },	/* IOFD_STDIN */
diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/log_client.c b/plugins/sudoers/log_client.c
index 6d70a4dd1..d0ddaac92 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/log_client.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/log_client.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "sudo_iolog.h"
 #include "hostcheck.h"
 #include "log_client.h"
+#include "strlist.h"
 
 /* Shared between iolog.c and audit.c */
 struct client_closure *client_closure;
diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/log_client.h b/plugins/sudoers/log_client.h
index b956bd382..70e320c12 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/log_client.h
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/log_client.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #endif /* HAVE_OPENSSL */
 
 #include "log_server.pb-c.h"
-#include "strlist.h"
 
 #if PROTOBUF_C_VERSION_NUMBER < 1003000
 # error protobuf-c version 1.30 or higher required
@@ -48,20 +47,6 @@ struct connection_buffer {
 };
 TAILQ_HEAD(connection_buffer_list, connection_buffer);
 
-struct log_details {
-    struct eventlog *evlog;
-    struct sudoers_str_list *log_servers;
-    struct timespec server_timeout;
-#if defined(HAVE_OPENSSL)
-    char *ca_bundle;
-    char *cert_file;
-    char *key_file;
-#endif /* HAVE_OPENSSL */
-    bool keepalive;
-    bool verify_server;
-    bool ignore_log_errors;
-};
-
 enum client_state {
     ERROR,
     RECV_HELLO,
diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/logging.c b/plugins/sudoers/logging.c
index 7d1a36241..39bee2246 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/logging.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/logging.c
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "sudoers.h"
-#include "log_client.h"
+#ifdef SUDOERS_LOG_CLIENT
+# include "log_client.h"
+# include "strlist.h"
+#endif
 
 static bool should_mail(int);
 static bool warned = false;
diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/logging.h b/plugins/sudoers/logging.h
index 7c6fa8731..aa1b217de 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/logging.h
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/logging.h
@@ -22,6 +22,21 @@
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
+struct sudoers_str_list;
+struct log_details {
+    struct eventlog *evlog;
+    struct sudoers_str_list *log_servers;
+    struct timespec server_timeout;
+# if defined(HAVE_OPENSSL)
+    char *ca_bundle;
+    char *cert_file;
+    char *key_file;
+# endif /* HAVE_OPENSSL */
+    bool keepalive;
+    bool verify_server;
+    bool ignore_log_errors;
+};
+
 /*
  * Values for sudoers_setlocale()
  */