diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstshmallocator.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstshmallocator.c
index 4210accc9e..7395899bdb 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstshmallocator.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/allocators/gstshmallocator.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include "gstshmallocator.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_MMAP