diff --git a/filter/pdf.cxx b/filter/pdf.cxx
index 5b212ca..f12607f 100644
--- a/filter/pdf.cxx
+++ b/filter/pdf.cxx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include "pdf.h"
#include <vector>
#include <string>
+#include <cstring>
#include <qpdf/QPDF.hh>
#include <qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh>
#include <qpdf/QPDFWriter.hh>