diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_hugepage_info.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_hugepage_info.c
index 3a7d4b2225..0eab1cf719 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_hugepage_info.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_hugepage_info.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/file.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>