diff --git a/lib/libpmc/libpmc_pmu_util.c b/lib/libpmc/libpmc_pmu_util.c
index 37f6ac0b0bb..915c6903455 100644
--- a/lib/libpmc/libpmc_pmu_util.c
+++ b/lib/libpmc/libpmc_pmu_util.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <regex.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <pmc.h>
 #include <pmclog.h>