diff --git a/src/exec.c b/src/exec.c
index 155eaf2d..14558500 100644
--- a/src/exec.c
+++ b/src/exec.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "conf.h"
 #include "helpers.h"
 #include "sig.h"
+#include "util.h"
 #include "utmp-api.h"
 
 #define NUM_ARGS    16
diff --git a/src/helpers.h b/src/helpers.h
index 7c734d9f..e4fc1595 100644
--- a/src/helpers.h
+++ b/src/helpers.h
@@ -103,17 +103,6 @@ static inline int create(char *path, mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* paste dir/file into buf */
-static inline int paste(char *buf, size_t len, const char *dir, const char *file)
-{
-	if (!dir)
-		dir = "";
-	if (!file)
-		file = "";
-
-	return snprintf(buf, len, "%s%s%s", dir, fisslashdir(dir) ? "" : "/", file);
-}
-
 int	ismnt		(char *file, char *dir, char *mode);
 int	fismnt		(char *dir);
 
diff --git a/src/pid.h b/src/pid.h
index 6bf96ce2..7f0bd0cb 100644
--- a/src/pid.h
+++ b/src/pid.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define FINIT_PID_H_
 
 #include "svc.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 int   pid_alive       (pid_t pid);
 char *pid_get_name    (pid_t pid, char *name, size_t len);
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index e65cd8c2..84c32379 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <sys/reboot.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 #endif
+#include <lite/lite.h>
 
 #ifndef RB_SW_SUSPEND /* Since Linux 2.5.18, but not in GLIBC until 2.19 */
 #define RB_SW_SUSPEND	0xd000fce2
@@ -64,6 +65,17 @@ static inline char *strterm(char *str, size_t len)
 	return str;
 }
 
+/* paste dir/file into buf */
+static inline int paste(char *buf, size_t len, const char *dir, const char *file)
+{
+	if (!dir)
+		dir = "";
+	if (!file)
+		file = "";
+
+	return snprintf(buf, len, "%s%s%s", dir, fisslashdir(dir) ? "" : "/", file);
+}
+
 #endif /* FINIT_UTIL_H_ */
 
 /**