diff --git a/include/util/glibc_workaround.hpp b/include/util/glibc_workaround.hpp
index e9d4daf8c..a97948879 100644
--- a/include/util/glibc_workaround.hpp
+++ b/include/util/glibc_workaround.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef GLIBC_WORKAROUND_H
 #define GLIBC_WORKAROUND_H
 
+#include <stdexcept>
+
 // https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/4042
 // allows building against libstdc++-dev-4.9 while avoiding
 // GLIBCXX_3.4.20 dep