diff --git a/lib/libdevinfo/devinfo.c b/lib/libdevinfo/devinfo.c
index 92b2d894523d..b5427022c119 100644
--- a/lib/libdevinfo/devinfo.c
+++ b/lib/libdevinfo/devinfo.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include "devinfo.h"
 #include "devinfo_var.h"