diff --git a/src/coloredstderr.c b/src/coloredstderr.c
index 247bd06..77f318a 100644
--- a/src/coloredstderr.c
+++ b/src/coloredstderr.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ERR_H