diff --git a/include/boost/mpi/detail/content_oarchive.hpp b/include/boost/mpi/detail/content_oarchive.hpp
index 9089078..2158847 100644
--- a/include/boost/mpi/detail/content_oarchive.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/mpi/detail/content_oarchive.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <boost/mpi/detail/ignore_skeleton_oarchive.hpp>
 #include <boost/mpi/detail/mpi_datatype_primitive.hpp>
 #include <boost/mpi/datatype.hpp>
+#include <boost/archive/detail/register_archive.hpp>
 
 namespace boost { namespace mpi {
 
diff --git a/include/boost/mpi/skeleton_and_content.hpp b/include/boost/mpi/skeleton_and_content.hpp
index 87b1f42..dcd13bf 100644
--- a/include/boost/mpi/skeleton_and_content.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/mpi/skeleton_and_content.hpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <boost/mpi/detail/ignore_iprimitive.hpp>
 #include <boost/mpi/detail/ignore_oprimitive.hpp>
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
+#include <boost/archive/detail/register_archive.hpp>
 
 namespace boost { namespace mpi {