diff --git a/bson/buffer.c b/bson/buffer.c
index 66672749f..0b1941cb5 100644
--- a/bson/buffer.c
+++ b/bson/buffer.c
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
 /* Include Python.h so we can set Python's error indicator. */
 #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
 #include "Python.h"
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include "buffer.h"
 
 #define INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE 256