diff --git a/lisp/vc/add-log.el b/lisp/vc/add-log.el
index a5131ee3a33..7f0dbfbc46e 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/add-log.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/add-log.el
@@ -314,10 +314,12 @@ as a list of strings."
                                ",[[:blank:]]*" t)
            finally do (skip-chars-backward "\n[:blank:]")))
 
+(declare-function log-edit-fill-entry "log-edit")
 (defun change-log-insert-entries (changelogs)
   "Format and insert CHANGELOGS into current buffer.
 CHANGELOGS is a list in the form returned by
 `diff-add-log-current-defuns'."
+  (require 'log-edit)
   (cl-loop for (file . defuns) in changelogs do
            (insert "* " file)
            (if (not defuns)