diff --git a/src/lib/fcitx/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/fcitx/CMakeLists.txt
index 0cf004fe..804675b4 100644
--- a/src/lib/fcitx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/fcitx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ target_include_directories(Fcitx5Core PUBLIC
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..>
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/..>
     $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}/Fcitx5/Core>)
-target_link_libraries(Fcitx5Core PUBLIC Fcitx5::Config Fcitx5::Utils PRIVATE LibIntl::LibIntl)
+target_link_libraries(Fcitx5Core PUBLIC Fcitx5::Config Fcitx5::Utils PRIVATE LibIntl::LibIntl Fcitx5::Module::Notifications)
 if (ENABLE_KEYBOARD)
     target_link_libraries(Fcitx5Core PRIVATE XKBCommon::XKBCommon)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/lib/fcitx/instance.cpp b/src/lib/fcitx/instance.cpp
index d46e286f..1ccf42df 100644
--- a/src/lib/fcitx/instance.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/fcitx/instance.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 #include "fcitx-utils/stringutils.h"
 #include "fcitx-utils/textformatflags.h"
 #include "fcitx-utils/utf8.h"
-#include "../../modules/notifications/notifications_public.h"
 #include "addonmanager.h"
 #include "event.h"
 #include "focusgroup.h"
@@ -65,6 +64,7 @@
 #include "instance.h"
 #include "instance_p.h"
 #include "misc_p.h"
+#include "notifications_public.h"
 #include "statusarea.h"
 #include "text.h"
 #include "userinterface.h"