diff --git a/include/transport/MySQLBackend.h b/include/transport/MySQLBackend.h
index 46a1d108bf91333927ed8cc131e2d853421e4fcf..22c2100fb9d92edd7894a28a80b5057208323c3c 100644
--- a/include/transport/MySQLBackend.h
+++ b/include/transport/MySQLBackend.h
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 #include <map>
 #include "transport/StorageBackend.h"
 #include "transport/Config.h"
-#include "mysql.h"
+#include <mysql/mysql.h>
+#include <mysql/errmsg.h>
 
 namespace Transport {