diff --git a/include/exec/helper-gen.h.inc b/include/exec/helper-gen.h.inc
index c009641517..d9fd3ed72a 100644
--- a/include/exec/helper-gen.h.inc
+++ b/include/exec/helper-gen.h.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "tcg/tcg.h"
 #include "tcg/helper-info.h"
-#include "exec/helper-head.h"
+#include "exec/helper-head.h.inc"
 
 #define DEF_HELPER_FLAGS_0(name, flags, ret)                            \
 extern TCGHelperInfo glue(helper_info_, name);                          \
diff --git a/include/exec/helper-head.h b/include/exec/helper-head.h.inc
similarity index 100%
rename from include/exec/helper-head.h
rename to include/exec/helper-head.h.inc
diff --git a/include/exec/helper-info.c.inc b/include/exec/helper-info.c.inc
index 530d2e6d35..c551736d49 100644
--- a/include/exec/helper-info.c.inc
+++ b/include/exec/helper-info.c.inc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "tcg/tcg.h"
 #include "tcg/helper-info.h"
-#include "exec/helper-head.h"
+#include "exec/helper-head.h.inc"
 
 /*
  * Need one more level of indirection before stringification
diff --git a/include/exec/helper-proto.h.inc b/include/exec/helper-proto.h.inc
index c3aa666929..f8e57e43ce 100644
--- a/include/exec/helper-proto.h.inc
+++ b/include/exec/helper-proto.h.inc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Define HELPER_H for the header file to be expanded.
  */
 
-#include "exec/helper-head.h"
+#include "exec/helper-head.h.inc"
 
 /*
  * Work around an issue with --enable-lto, in which GCC's ipa-split pass