diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 11e69041..430da92a 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>