diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh.cc
index 056184115f1..c06c0753641 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/pbvh.cc
@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@
 
 #include "pbvh_intern.hh"
 
-namespace blender::bke::pbvh {
-
 // #define DEBUG_BUILD_TIME
 
+#ifdef DEBUG_BUILD_TIME
+#  include "BLI_timeit.hh"
+#endif
+
+namespace blender::bke::pbvh {
+
 #define STACK_FIXED_DEPTH 100
 
 /** Create invalid bounds for use with #math::min_max. */