diff --git a/include/crm/cib.h b/include/crm/cib.h
index a1efab89a4..1d52de5d75 100644
--- a/include/crm/cib.h
+++ b/include/crm/cib.h
@@ -1,57 +1,61 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2004-2024 the Pacemaker project contributors
  *
  * The version control history for this file may have further details.
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * version 2.1 or later (LGPLv2.1+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #ifndef PCMK__CRM_CIB__H
 #  define PCMK__CRM_CIB__H
 
 #  include <glib.h>             // gboolean
 #  include <crm/common/ipc.h>
 #  include <crm/common/xml.h>
 #  include <crm/cib/cib_types.h>
 #  include <crm/cib/util.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /**
  * \file
  * \brief Cluster Configuration
  * \ingroup cib
  */
 
 // Use compare_version() for doing comparisons
 #  define CIB_FEATURE_SET "2.0"
 
 /* Core functions */
 cib_t *cib_new(void);
 cib_t *cib_native_new(void);
 cib_t *cib_file_new(const char *filename);
 cib_t *cib_remote_new(const char *server, const char *user, const char *passwd, int port,
                       gboolean encrypted);
 
 cib_t *cib_new_no_shadow(void);
 char *get_shadow_file(const char *name);
 cib_t *cib_shadow_new(const char *name);
 
 void cib_free_notify(cib_t *cib);
 void cib_free_callbacks(cib_t *cib);
 void cib_delete(cib_t * cib);
 
 void cib_dump_pending_callbacks(void);
 int num_cib_op_callbacks(void);
 void remove_cib_op_callback(int call_id, gboolean all_callbacks);
 
 #  define CIB_LIBRARY "libcib.so.27"
 
+#if !defined(PCMK_ALLOW_DEPRECATED) || (PCMK_ALLOW_DEPRECATED == 1)
+#include <crm/cib_compat.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 #endif