diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/index.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/index.c
index bd1b9eb88..73f572d47 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/index.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/index.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "catalog/index.h"
 #include "catalog/namespace.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_class.h"
+#include "commands/defrem.h"
 #include "commands/tablecmds.h"
 #include "distributed/citus_ruleutils.h"
 #include "distributed/commands.h"