diff --git a/src/exceptions.cpp b/src/exceptions.cpp
index 5d251225..c416aa81 100644
--- a/src/exceptions.cpp
+++ b/src/exceptions.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <boost/thread/detail/config.hpp>
 
 #include <boost/thread/exceptions.hpp>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <string>
 
 # ifdef BOOST_NO_STDC_NAMESPACE