diff --git a/src/strigger/strigger.c b/src/strigger/strigger.c
index a4cd219075c6541eea6a67a4b6be760a71507687..8999a8fc08b5abeb08269c1d464254227e30d2fc 100644
--- a/src/strigger/strigger.c
+++ b/src/strigger/strigger.c
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
 #include <slurm/slurm.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_STRINGS_H
+#  include <strings.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "src/common/xmalloc.h"
 #include "src/common/xstring.h"