diff --git a/src/base/commandlineflags.h b/src/base/commandlineflags.h
index f7bd5ac..4375f52 100644
--- a/src/base/commandlineflags.h
+++ b/src/base/commandlineflags.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include "config.h"
+#include "utilities.h"
 
 #ifdef GLOG_USE_GFLAGS
 
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@
 #else
 
 #include "glog/logging.h"
-#include "utilities.h"
 
 #  define DECLARE_VARIABLE(type, shorttype, name, tn) \
     namespace fL##shorttype {                         \
diff --git a/src/flags.cc b/src/flags.cc
index ca4a476..016c6f9 100644
--- a/src/flags.cc
+++ b/src/flags.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <array>
 #include "base/commandlineflags.h"
 #include "glog/log_severity.h"
-
+#include "utilities.h"
 namespace {
 
 // Compute the default value for --log_dir