diff --git a/modules/io/src/img/map_io_ipl_handler.cc b/modules/io/src/img/map_io_ipl_handler.cc
index 61274b0cf3e976737ccb0c73f50c8f6b808e95eb..dd1fb2981a1f8c95f407331086508253a425f450 100644
--- a/modules/io/src/img/map_io_ipl_handler.cc
+++ b/modules/io/src/img/map_io_ipl_handler.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <ctime>
 #include <iomanip>
+#include <cstring>
 
 #include <boost/shared_array.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>