diff --git a/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc b/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc
index c137505811..75a4e0514f 100644
--- a/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc
+++ b/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
 
 #include "util.h"
 #include "BroString.h"
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 6b237edfd8..559a155626 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // Expose C99 functionality from inttypes.h, which would otherwise not be
 // available in C++.
 #define __STDC_FORMAT_MACROS
+#define __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
 #if __STDC__