diff --git a/src/common/file.cpp b/src/common/file.cpp
index cc53e66a0a..1f1c1b85c5 100644
--- a/src/common/file.cpp
+++ b/src/common/file.cpp
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 #endif // !WX_PRECOMP
 
 #include  "wx/filename.h"
+#include  "wx/file.h"
 
 // ============================================================================
 // implementation of wxFile