diff --git a/silkworm/infra/common/safe_strerror.cpp b/silkworm/infra/common/safe_strerror.cpp
index dbe308b1c3..60c52c8ba6 100644
--- a/silkworm/infra/common/safe_strerror.cpp
+++ b/silkworm/infra/common/safe_strerror.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include "safe_strerror.hpp"
 
+#include <cstring>
+
 namespace silkworm {
 
 std::string safe_strerror(int err_code) {