diff --git a/include/wx/cmdline.h b/include/wx/cmdline.h
index a6d7a0fa41..66beea5a44 100644
--- a/include/wx/cmdline.h
+++ b/include/wx/cmdline.h
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 
 #include "wx/defs.h"
 
-#if wxUSE_CMDLINE_PARSER
-
 #include "wx/string.h"
 #include "wx/arrstr.h"
 
+#if wxUSE_CMDLINE_PARSER
+
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxDateTime;
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------