diff --git a/include/kadm5/Makefile.am b/include/kadm5/Makefile.am
index 49e4c8529..e70c6f14b 100644
--- a/include/kadm5/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/kadm5/Makefile.am
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign no-dependencies
 
 foodir = $(includedir)/kadm5
-foo_DATA = admin.h
+foo_DATA = admin.h private.h
 
-CLEANFILES = $(foo_DATA)
+CLEANFILES = $(foo_DATA) kadm5_err.h
 
 admin.h:
 	$(LN_S) $(top_srcdir)/lib/kadm5/admin.h .
+private.h:
+	$(LN_S) $(top_srcdir)/lib/kadm5/private.h .
diff --git a/lib/kadm5/kadm5_locl.h b/lib/kadm5/kadm5_locl.h
index ba5faf22d..19c17ad21 100644
--- a/lib/kadm5/kadm5_locl.h
+++ b/lib/kadm5/kadm5_locl.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 #include <hdb.h>
 #include <roken.h>
 #include <parse_units.h>
+#include "private.h"
 
 struct kadm_func {
     kadm5_ret_t (*chpass_principal) (void *, krb5_principal, char*);