diff --git a/src/slurmd/common/run_script.c b/src/slurmd/common/run_script.c
index 8140d7a485871d204723a7fa01c84e7b70b91929..24820c766b9b77ffdc8e1d3660b42ab48d554a0a 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/common/run_script.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/common/run_script.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <sys/errno.h>
 
 #include "src/common/xmalloc.h"
+#include "src/common/xstring.h"
 #include "src/common/xassert.h"
 
 #include "src/slurmd/common/run_script.h"