diff --git a/scripts/target/mame/mess.lua b/scripts/target/mame/mess.lua
index b5e3df94aef..f3ea8718166 100644
--- a/scripts/target/mame/mess.lua
+++ b/scripts/target/mame/mess.lua
@@ -1699,6 +1699,7 @@ createMESSProjects(_target, _subtarget, "fidelity")
 files {
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/csc.cpp",
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/fidelz80.cpp",
+	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/includes/fidelz80.h",
 }
 
 createMESSProjects(_target, _subtarget, "force")
diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/fidelz80.cpp b/src/mame/drivers/fidelz80.cpp
index 738bc82801a..881afa61c53 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/fidelz80.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/fidelz80.cpp
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ expect that the software reads these once on startup only.
 #include "machine/z80pio.h"
 #include "sound/speaker.h"
 #include "sound/s14001a.h"
+#include "includes/fidelz80.h"
 
 // internal artwork
 #include "fidel_cc.lh"
diff --git a/src/mame/includes/fidelz80.h b/src/mame/includes/fidelz80.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b1a393741c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mame/includes/fidelz80.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// empty