diff --git a/include/boost/mpi/detail/binary_buffer_iprimitive.hpp b/include/boost/mpi/detail/binary_buffer_iprimitive.hpp
index b1a12ea..6b3a04b 100644
--- a/include/boost/mpi/detail/binary_buffer_iprimitive.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/mpi/detail/binary_buffer_iprimitive.hpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <boost/serialization/is_bitwise_serializable.hpp>
 #include <vector>
 #include <boost/mpi/allocator.hpp>
+#include <cstring> // for memcpy
 
 namespace boost { namespace mpi {