diff --git a/lib/kadm5/iprop.h b/lib/kadm5/iprop.h
index d9b5a7205..62b030f12 100644
--- a/lib/kadm5/iprop.h
+++ b/lib/kadm5/iprop.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H
 #include <sys/select.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_UTIL_H
+#include <util.h>
+#endif
 
 #define IPROP_VERSION "iprop-0.0"