diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 0fb925d648..90330fd4d1 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <strings.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h> /* PATH_MAX */
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <unistd.h>