diff --git a/backends/libpurple/utils.cpp b/backends/libpurple/utils.cpp
index 7b935e35..9ae0d37a 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/utils.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/utils.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "errno.h"
+#include <string.h>
 
 #ifndef WIN32 
 #include "sys/wait.h"