diff --git a/libsparse/sparse_read.cpp b/libsparse/sparse_read.cpp
index bd668735a..91d551c14 100644
--- a/libsparse/sparse_read.cpp
+++ b/libsparse/sparse_read.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <unistd.h>