diff --git a/Perl/Encoder/Encoder.xs b/Perl/Encoder/Encoder.xs
index abfbd02..295008e 100644
--- a/Perl/Encoder/Encoder.xs
+++ b/Perl/Encoder/Encoder.xs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include "perl.h"
 #include "XSUB.h"
 
-#define NEED_newSV_type
 #include "ppport.h"
 
 #include "srl_encoder.h"
diff --git a/Perl/Encoder/srl_encoder.c b/Perl/Encoder/srl_encoder.c
index 98e3373..2b98ffd 100644
--- a/Perl/Encoder/srl_encoder.c
+++ b/Perl/Encoder/srl_encoder.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "EXTERN.h"
 #include "perl.h"
 #include "XSUB.h"
+#define NEED_newSV_type
 #include "ppport.h"
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }