diff --git a/src/plugins/task/affinity/dist_tasks.c b/src/plugins/task/affinity/dist_tasks.c
index 9a725dc1afcfde72ffe89d2a1dea3a7e9f0600d0..357fbc5e09a281e83f4957953b125614b09a95f0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/task/affinity/dist_tasks.c
+++ b/src/plugins/task/affinity/dist_tasks.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
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 \*****************************************************************************/
 
+#include <limits.h>       /* INT_MAX */
 #include "src/plugins/task/affinity/dist_tasks.h"
 
 static slurm_lllp_ctx_t *lllp_ctx = NULL;	/* binding context */