diff --git a/src/common/file.cpp b/src/common/file.cpp
index 45e94a868d..c02203f65c 100644
--- a/src/common/file.cpp
+++ b/src/common/file.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 
 #elif (defined(__UNIX__) || defined(__GNUWIN32__))
     #include  <unistd.h>
+    #include  <sys/stat.h>
     #ifdef __GNUWIN32__
         #include <windows.h>
     #endif