diff --git a/block/raw-aio.h b/block/raw-aio.h
index 31d791f..811e375 100644
--- a/block/raw-aio.h
+++ b/block/raw-aio.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_RAW_AIO_H
 #define QEMU_RAW_AIO_H
 
+#include "qemu/iov.h"
+
 /* AIO request types */
 #define QEMU_AIO_READ         0x0001
 #define QEMU_AIO_WRITE        0x0002
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 1c4f4d8..d88db01 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define BLOCK_H
 
 #include "block/aio.h"
-#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/iov.h"
 #include "qemu/option.h"
 #include "qemu/coroutine.h"
 #include "block/accounting.h"
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/mac_dbdma.h b/include/hw/ppc/mac_dbdma.h
index c687021..0cce4e8 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/mac_dbdma.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/mac_dbdma.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define HW_MAC_DBDMA_H 1
 
 #include "exec/memory.h"
+#include "qemu/iov.h"
 
 typedef struct DBDMA_io DBDMA_io;
 
diff --git a/include/hw/usb.h b/include/hw/usb.h
index c8b6e7b..163fe04 100644
--- a/include/hw/usb.h
+++ b/include/hw/usb.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "hw/qdev.h"
+#include "qemu/iov.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
 
 /* Constants related to the USB / PCI interaction */
diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h
index 2de4ce2..b8fbd9e 100644
--- a/include/qemu-common.h
+++ b/include/qemu-common.h
@@ -364,34 +364,6 @@ ssize_t qemu_co_send_recv(int sockfd, void *buf, size_t bytes, bool do_send);
 #define qemu_co_send(sockfd, buf, bytes) \
   qemu_co_send_recv(sockfd, buf, bytes, true)
 
-typedef struct QEMUIOVector {
-    struct iovec *iov;
-    int niov;
-    int nalloc;
-    size_t size;
-} QEMUIOVector;
-
-void qemu_iovec_init(QEMUIOVector *qiov, int alloc_hint);
-void qemu_iovec_init_external(QEMUIOVector *qiov, struct iovec *iov, int niov);
-void qemu_iovec_add(QEMUIOVector *qiov, void *base, size_t len);
-void qemu_iovec_concat(QEMUIOVector *dst,
-                       QEMUIOVector *src, size_t soffset, size_t sbytes);
-size_t qemu_iovec_concat_iov(QEMUIOVector *dst,
-                             struct iovec *src_iov, unsigned int src_cnt,
-                             size_t soffset, size_t sbytes);
-bool qemu_iovec_is_zero(QEMUIOVector *qiov);
-void qemu_iovec_destroy(QEMUIOVector *qiov);
-void qemu_iovec_reset(QEMUIOVector *qiov);
-size_t qemu_iovec_to_buf(QEMUIOVector *qiov, size_t offset,
-                         void *buf, size_t bytes);
-size_t qemu_iovec_from_buf(QEMUIOVector *qiov, size_t offset,
-                           const void *buf, size_t bytes);
-size_t qemu_iovec_memset(QEMUIOVector *qiov, size_t offset,
-                         int fillc, size_t bytes);
-ssize_t qemu_iovec_compare(QEMUIOVector *a, QEMUIOVector *b);
-void qemu_iovec_clone(QEMUIOVector *dest, const QEMUIOVector *src, void *buf);
-void qemu_iovec_discard_back(QEMUIOVector *qiov, size_t bytes);
-
 bool buffer_is_zero(const void *buf, size_t len);
 
 void qemu_progress_init(int enabled, float min_skip);
diff --git a/include/qemu/iov.h b/include/qemu/iov.h
index 2847551..bd9fd55 100644
--- a/include/qemu/iov.h
+++ b/include/qemu/iov.h
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 #ifndef IOV_H
 #define IOV_H
 
-#include "qemu-common.h"
-
 /**
  * count and return data size, in bytes, of an iovec
  * starting at `iov' of `iov_cnt' number of elements.
@@ -138,4 +136,32 @@ size_t iov_discard_front(struct iovec **iov, unsigned int *iov_cnt,
 size_t iov_discard_back(struct iovec *iov, unsigned int *iov_cnt,
                         size_t bytes);
 
+typedef struct QEMUIOVector {
+    struct iovec *iov;
+    int niov;
+    int nalloc;
+    size_t size;
+} QEMUIOVector;
+
+void qemu_iovec_init(QEMUIOVector *qiov, int alloc_hint);
+void qemu_iovec_init_external(QEMUIOVector *qiov, struct iovec *iov, int niov);
+void qemu_iovec_add(QEMUIOVector *qiov, void *base, size_t len);
+void qemu_iovec_concat(QEMUIOVector *dst,
+                       QEMUIOVector *src, size_t soffset, size_t sbytes);
+size_t qemu_iovec_concat_iov(QEMUIOVector *dst,
+                             struct iovec *src_iov, unsigned int src_cnt,
+                             size_t soffset, size_t sbytes);
+bool qemu_iovec_is_zero(QEMUIOVector *qiov);
+void qemu_iovec_destroy(QEMUIOVector *qiov);
+void qemu_iovec_reset(QEMUIOVector *qiov);
+size_t qemu_iovec_to_buf(QEMUIOVector *qiov, size_t offset,
+                         void *buf, size_t bytes);
+size_t qemu_iovec_from_buf(QEMUIOVector *qiov, size_t offset,
+                           const void *buf, size_t bytes);
+size_t qemu_iovec_memset(QEMUIOVector *qiov, size_t offset,
+                         int fillc, size_t bytes);
+ssize_t qemu_iovec_compare(QEMUIOVector *a, QEMUIOVector *b);
+void qemu_iovec_clone(QEMUIOVector *dest, const QEMUIOVector *src, void *buf);
+void qemu_iovec_discard_back(QEMUIOVector *qiov, size_t bytes);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/sysemu/block-backend.h b/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
index 3211e01..b966378 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #ifndef BLOCK_BACKEND_H
 #define BLOCK_BACKEND_H
 
+#include "qemu/iov.h"
+
 /*
  * TODO Have to include block/block.h for a bunch of block layer
  * types.  Unfortunately, this pulls in the whole BlockDriverState
diff --git a/util/iov.c b/util/iov.c
index 062f4e5..b69e4b7 100644
--- a/util/iov.c
+++ b/util/iov.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/iov.h"
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 
