diff --git a/src/core/census/placeholders.c b/src/core/census/placeholders.c
index b15a2969847504a98a5c2d8d75c863e60fcccc83..5829cc946070889c188b7a60de964819693b7d01 100644
--- a/src/core/census/placeholders.c
+++ b/src/core/census/placeholders.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 #include <grpc/census.h>
 
+#include <grpc/support/log.h>
+
 /* Placeholders for the pending APIs */
 
 census_tag_set *census_context_tag_set(census_context *context) {