diff --git a/DDCore/src/DetectorLoad.cpp b/DDCore/src/DetectorLoad.cpp
index f5b9ab14b19246d6d97ffa41687bfaf1042138f0..19dcf969f70eec5d87b2da646897741d60545a8b 100644
--- a/DDCore/src/DetectorLoad.cpp
+++ b/DDCore/src/DetectorLoad.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 // C/C++ include files
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <clocale>
+#include <cstring>
 
 #ifndef __TIXML__
 #include "xercesc/dom/DOMException.hpp"