diff --git a/include/maxscale/semaphore.hh b/include/maxscale/semaphore.hh
index b860f17a1..91b0b58fb 100644
--- a/include/maxscale/semaphore.hh
+++ b/include/maxscale/semaphore.hh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <maxscale/ccdefs.hh>
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <climits>
-#include <maxscale/semaphore.h>
+#include <maxbase/semaphore.h>
 #include <maxscale/debug.h>
 
 namespace maxscale