diff --git a/src/partition/makefs.c b/src/partition/makefs.c
index 1ce6acd01e..30dcef2075 100644
--- a/src/partition/makefs.c
+++ b/src/partition/makefs.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/file.h>
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>