diff --git a/src/common/linux/guid_creator.cc b/src/common/linux/guid_creator.cc
index f81c2911..03e3d781 100644
--- a/src/common/linux/guid_creator.cc
+++ b/src/common/linux/guid_creator.cc
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>