diff --git a/lib/commonio.h b/lib/commonio.h
index 64e83073..2bad47a5 100644
--- a/lib/commonio.h
+++ b/lib/commonio.h
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@
 #ifndef COMMONIO_H
 #define COMMONIO_H
 
-#ifdef WITH_SELINUX
-#include <selinux/selinux.h>
-#endif
-
 #include "defines.h" /* bool */
 
 /*
@@ -121,7 +117,7 @@ struct commonio_db {
 	/*@dependent@*/ /*@null@*/FILE *fp;
 
 #ifdef WITH_SELINUX
-	/*@null@*/security_context_t scontext;
+	/*@null@*/char *scontext;
 #endif
 	/*
 	 * Default permissions and owner for newly created data file.
diff --git a/src/useradd.c b/src/useradd.c
index a0369cd8..dcda3196 100644
--- a/src/useradd.c
+++ b/src/useradd.c
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
 #include "sgroupio.h"
 #endif
 #include "shadowio.h"
+#ifdef WITH_SELINUX
+#include <selinux/selinux.h>
+#endif				/* WITH_SELINUX */
 #ifdef ENABLE_SUBIDS
 #include "subordinateio.h"
 #endif				/* ENABLE_SUBIDS */
diff --git a/src/userdel.c b/src/userdel.c
index 4248ab80..92bca499 100644
--- a/src/userdel.c
+++ b/src/userdel.c
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
 #ifdef	SHADOWGRP
 #include "sgroupio.h"
 #endif				/* SHADOWGRP */
+#ifdef WITH_SELINUX
+#include <selinux/selinux.h>
+#endif				/* WITH_SELINUX */
 #ifdef WITH_TCB
 #include <tcb.h>
 #include "tcbfuncs.h"
diff --git a/src/usermod.c b/src/usermod.c
index 3ba011c2..15c70b5c 100644
--- a/src/usermod.c
+++ b/src/usermod.c
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@
 #ifdef ENABLE_SUBIDS
 #include "subordinateio.h"
 #endif				/* ENABLE_SUBIDS */
+#ifdef WITH_SELINUX
+#include <selinux/selinux.h>
+#endif				/* WITH_SELINUX */
 #ifdef WITH_TCB
 #include "tcbfuncs.h"
 #endif