diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
index c8bf22665..538295a10 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/if_infiniband.h>
 
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
+#include "nm-platform.h"
 #include "nm-utils.h"
 #include "nm-core-internal.h"
 #include "nm-logging.h"
diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
index 0dab6babc..492edd133 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
 
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 
 #include "nm-connection.h"
-#include "nm-platform.h"
+#include "nm-types.h"
 
 gboolean nm_ethernet_address_is_valid (gconstpointer addr, gssize len);
 
diff --git a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-systemd.c b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-systemd.c
index 363c87f87..18b7b3218 100644
--- a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-systemd.c
+++ b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-systemd.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "nm-dhcp-utils.h"
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
 #include "gsystem-local-alloc.h"
+#include "nm-platform.h"
 
 #include "nm-sd-adapt.h"
 
diff --git a/src/nm-ip4-config.c b/src/nm-ip4-config.c
index 604d627f5..d491e62fb 100644
--- a/src/nm-ip4-config.c
+++ b/src/nm-ip4-config.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "nm-ip4-config.h"
 
 #include "nm-utils.h"
+#include "nm-platform.h"
 #include "nm-dbus-manager.h"
 #include "nm-dbus-glib-types.h"
 #include "nm-ip4-config-glue.h"
diff --git a/src/nm-ip6-config.c b/src/nm-ip6-config.c
index 13db237cc..6932ab028 100644
--- a/src/nm-ip6-config.c
+++ b/src/nm-ip6-config.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "nm-glib-compat.h"
 #include "nm-utils.h"
+#include "nm-platform.h"
 #include "nm-dbus-manager.h"
 #include "nm-dbus-glib-types.h"
 #include "nm-ip6-config-glue.h"
diff --git a/src/nm-types.h b/src/nm-types.h
index e67ae2052..4d204fc2b 100644
--- a/src/nm-types.h
+++ b/src/nm-types.h
@@ -60,6 +60,49 @@ typedef struct _NMPlatformIP6Address NMPlatformIP6Address;
 typedef struct _NMPlatformIP6Route   NMPlatformIP6Route;
 typedef struct _NMPlatformLink       NMPlatformLink;
 
+typedef enum {
+	/* Please don't interpret type numbers outside nm-platform and use functions
+	 * like nm_platform_link_is_software() and nm_platform_supports_slaves().
+	 *
+	 * type & 0x10000 -> Software device type
+	 * type & 0x20000 -> Type supports slaves
+	 */
+
+	/* No type, used as error value */
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_NONE,
+
+	/* Unknown type  */
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_UNKNOWN,
+
+	/* Hardware types */
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_ETHERNET,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_INFINIBAND,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_OLPC_MESH,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_WIFI,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_WWAN_ETHERNET,   /* WWAN pseudo-ethernet */
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_WIMAX,
+
+	/* Software types */
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_DUMMY = 0x10000,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_GRE,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_GRETAP,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_IFB,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_LOOPBACK,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_MACVLAN,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_MACVTAP,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_OPENVSWITCH,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_TAP,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_TUN,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_VETH,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_VLAN,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_VXLAN,
+
+	/* Software types with slaves */
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_BRIDGE = 0x10000 | 0x20000,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_BOND,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_TEAM,
+} NMLinkType;
+
 /* settings */
 typedef struct _NMAgentManager       NMAgentManager;
 typedef struct _NMSecretAgent        NMSecretAgent;
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.h b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
index 0ec372ff8..d6836d20a 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.h
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
@@ -72,49 +72,6 @@ typedef enum {
 	NM_PLATFORM_REASON_CACHE_CHECK
 } NMPlatformReason;
 
-typedef enum {
-	/* Please don't interpret type numbers outside nm-platform and use functions
-	 * like nm_platform_link_is_software() and nm_platform_supports_slaves().
-	 *
-	 * type & 0x10000 -> Software device type
-	 * type & 0x20000 -> Type supports slaves
-	 */
-
-	/* No type, used as error value */
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_NONE,
-
-	/* Unknown type  */
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_UNKNOWN,
-
-	/* Hardware types */
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_ETHERNET,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_INFINIBAND,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_OLPC_MESH,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_WIFI,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_WWAN_ETHERNET,   /* WWAN pseudo-ethernet */
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_WIMAX,
-
-	/* Software types */
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_DUMMY = 0x10000,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_GRE,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_GRETAP,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_IFB,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_LOOPBACK,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_MACVLAN,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_MACVTAP,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_OPENVSWITCH,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_TAP,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_TUN,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_VETH,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_VLAN,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_VXLAN,
-
-	/* Software types with slaves */
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_BRIDGE = 0x10000 | 0x20000,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_BOND,
-	NM_LINK_TYPE_TEAM,
-} NMLinkType;
-
 #define __NMPlatformObject_COMMON \
 	int ifindex; \
 	;