diff --git a/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc b/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc
index b7edcf6aa6..2da79ed7b9 100644
--- a/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc
+++ b/src/logging/writers/ElasticSearch.cc
@@ -3,16 +3,17 @@
 // This is experimental code that is not yet ready for production usage.
 //
 
+
 #include "config.h"
 
 #ifdef USE_ELASTICSEARCH
 
+#include "util.h" // Needs to come first for stdint.h
+
 #include <string>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#include "util.h"
 #include "BroString.h"
-
 #include "NetVar.h"
 #include "threading/SerialTypes.h"
 
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 048ec384e3..5d1bdf188a 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 #ifndef util_h
 #define util_h
 
+// 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>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
 #include <string>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -10,12 +17,6 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include "config.h"
 
-// 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__
 #define myattribute __attribute__
 #else