diff --git a/src/brite/examples/brite-MPI-example.cc b/src/brite/examples/brite-MPI-example.cc
index 8530b0249..428311600 100644
--- a/src/brite/examples/brite-MPI-example.cc
+++ b/src/brite/examples/brite-MPI-example.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include "Brite.h"
+
 #include "ns3/applications-module.h"
 #include "ns3/brite-module.h"
 #include "ns3/core-module.h"
diff --git a/src/brite/examples/brite-generic-example.cc b/src/brite/examples/brite-generic-example.cc
index c90d72d26..462addf13 100644
--- a/src/brite/examples/brite-generic-example.cc
+++ b/src/brite/examples/brite-generic-example.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include "Brite.h"
+
 #include "ns3/applications-module.h"
 #include "ns3/brite-module.h"
 #include "ns3/core-module.h"
diff --git a/src/brite/helper/brite-topology-helper.cc b/src/brite/helper/brite-topology-helper.cc
index 3d38ffeeb..9392cbe00 100644
--- a/src/brite/helper/brite-topology-helper.cc
+++ b/src/brite/helper/brite-topology-helper.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include "brite-topology-helper.h"
 
+#include "Brite.h"
+
 #include "ns3/abort.h"
 #include "ns3/data-rate.h"
 #include "ns3/ipv4-address-helper.h"
diff --git a/src/brite/helper/brite-topology-helper.h b/src/brite/helper/brite-topology-helper.h
index d864c0170..52aa1f7c4 100644
--- a/src/brite/helper/brite-topology-helper.h
+++ b/src/brite/helper/brite-topology-helper.h
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-// located in BRITE source directory
-#include "Brite.h"
+// These are in #include <Brite.h>,
+// here we just need a forward declaration.
+namespace brite
+{
+struct Topology;
+};
 
 namespace ns3
 {