diff --git a/exwm-core.el b/exwm-core.el
index 8142f45..c8ec1e0 100644
--- a/exwm-core.el
+++ b/exwm-core.el
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 
+(require 'compat)
 (require 'kmacro)
 
 (require 'xcb)
diff --git a/exwm.el b/exwm.el
index 679b74f..10179d5 100644
--- a/exwm.el
+++ b/exwm.el
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ;; Author: Chris Feng <chris.w.feng@gmail.com>
 ;; Maintainer: Adrián Medraño Calvo <adrian@medranocalvo.com>, Steven Allen <steven@stebalien.com>, Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de>
 ;; Version: 0.30
-;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "27.1") (xelb "0.19"))
+;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "27.1") (xelb "0.19") (compat "29.1"))
 ;; Keywords: unix
 ;; URL: https://github.com/emacs-exwm/exwm