diff --git a/src/input/plugins/NfsInputPlugin.cxx b/src/input/plugins/NfsInputPlugin.cxx
index c16698b1c..5081eff27 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/NfsInputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/NfsInputPlugin.cxx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <nfsc/libnfs.h>
 }
 
+#include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>