diff --git a/logging.h b/logging.h
index 10ccaf78b..da4b02af3 100644
--- a/logging.h
+++ b/logging.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #ifndef _LOGGING_H
 #define _LOGGING_H
 
+#include <syslog.h>
 #ifdef __STDC__
 # include <stdarg.h>
 #else
@@ -46,10 +47,6 @@
 #define SLOG_FILE		0x02
 #define SLOG_BOTH		0x03
 
-#if (LOGGING & SLOG_SYSLOG)
-# include <syslog.h>
-#endif
-
 /* Flags for log_error() */
 #define MSG_ONLY		0x01
 #define USE_ERRNO		0x02