diff --git a/elflink.c b/elflink.c
index c39c04e..92729cc 100644
--- a/elflink.c
+++ b/elflink.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
#include <limits.h>
#include <elf.h>
#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
#include "version.h"
#include "hugetlbfs.h"