diff --git a/tiledb/sm/filesystem/hdfs_filesystem.cc b/tiledb/sm/filesystem/hdfs_filesystem.cc
index 75eee420fa0..a4ce1dcde67 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/filesystem/hdfs_filesystem.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/filesystem/hdfs_filesystem.cc
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 #include "tiledb/sm/misc/utils.h"
 #include "uri.h"
 
+#include "hadoop/hdfs.h"
+
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <climits>
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/filesystem/hdfs_filesystem.h b/tiledb/sm/filesystem/hdfs_filesystem.h
index 44ca198e4ac..899fbd884af 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/filesystem/hdfs_filesystem.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/filesystem/hdfs_filesystem.h
@@ -41,10 +41,13 @@
 
 #include "tiledb/common/status.h"
 
-#include "hadoop/hdfs.h"
-
 using namespace tiledb::common;
 
+// Declarations copied from hadoop/hdfs.h
+// We do not include it here to avoid leaking it to consuming code.
+struct hdfs_internal;
+typedef struct hdfs_internal* hdfsFS;
+
 namespace tiledb {
 
 namespace common::filesystem {