diff --git a/desmume/src/utils/xstring.h b/desmume/src/utils/xstring.h
index 59ed48dce..9ce2c5abf 100644
--- a/desmume/src/utils/xstring.h
+++ b/desmume/src/utils/xstring.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 
 #include "../types.h"
-#include "emufile.h"
+#include "../emufile.h"
 
 
 //definitions for str_strip() flags