diff --git a/media/libstagefright/codecs/m4v_h263/dec/M4vH263Decoder.cpp b/media/libstagefright/codecs/m4v_h263/dec/M4vH263Decoder.cpp
index 10687e0d36620..c3ef0d28929d2 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/codecs/m4v_h263/dec/M4vH263Decoder.cpp
+++ b/media/libstagefright/codecs/m4v_h263/dec/M4vH263Decoder.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 //#define LOG_NDEBUG 0
 #define LOG_TAG "M4vH263Decoder"
 #include <utils/Log.h>
-
+#include <stdlib.h> // for free
 #include "ESDS.h"
 #include "M4vH263Decoder.h"
 
diff --git a/media/libstagefright/codecs/m4v_h263/dec/include/m4vh263_decoder_pv_types.h b/media/libstagefright/codecs/m4v_h263/dec/include/m4vh263_decoder_pv_types.h
index e427b64da673f..ec6871f3a6f84 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/codecs/m4v_h263/dec/include/m4vh263_decoder_pv_types.h
+++ b/media/libstagefright/codecs/m4v_h263/dec/include/m4vh263_decoder_pv_types.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h> // for free, malloc, etc
 
 // Redefine the int types
 typedef uint8_t uint8;