diff --git a/src/libutil/compression.cc b/src/libutil/compression.cc
index 446fcb781..fb4160669 100644
--- a/src/libutil/compression.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/compression.cc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "types.hh"
 
 #include <lzma.h>
+#include <cstdio>
 
 namespace nix {