diff --git a/src/cxxopts.hpp b/src/cxxopts.hpp
index 9207f63..c1f9c6e 100644
--- a/src/cxxopts.hpp
+++ b/src/cxxopts.hpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <string.h>
 
 //when we ask cxxopts to use Unicode, help strings are processed using ICU,
 //which results in the correct lengths being computed for strings when they