diff --git a/include/wx/event.h b/include/wx/event.h
index 79534fa7ee..210d323bb8 100644
--- a/include/wx/event.h
+++ b/include/wx/event.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "wx/dynarray.h"
 #include "wx/thread.h"
 #include "wx/tracker.h"
+#include "wx/typeinfo.h"
 
 #ifdef wxHAS_EVENT_BIND
     #include "wx/meta/convertible.h"
@@ -153,8 +154,6 @@ extern WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxEventType wxNewEventType();
 
 #ifdef wxHAS_EVENT_BIND
 
-#include "wx/typeinfo.h"
-
 // The tag is a type associated to the event type (which is an integer itself,
 // in spite of its name) value. It exists in order to be used as a template
 // parameter and provide a mapping between the event type values and their