diff --git a/runtime/vm/module.xml b/runtime/vm/module.xml
index e29e345a3f3..9e5dfbb2285 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/module.xml
+++ b/runtime/vm/module.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-ex
 			<include path="j9gcinclude"/>
 			<include path="$(OMR_DIR)/gc/include" type="relativepath"/>
 			<include path="j9shr_include"/>
+			<include path="port/common" type="rootpath"/>
 			<include path="port/zos390" type="rootpath">
 				<include-if condition="spec.zos_390.*"/>
 			</include>