diff --git a/core/zip/src/Compression.cxx b/core/zip/src/Compression.cxx
index 7f0a9e2659f59..9cecd4f384e02 100644
--- a/core/zip/src/Compression.cxx
+++ b/core/zip/src/Compression.cxx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include "Compression.h"
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <string>
 
 namespace ROOT {