diff --git a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2element.h b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2element.h
index 06e50bf796..71442039fe 100644
--- a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2element.h
+++ b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2element.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #ifndef __GST_V4L2ELEMENT_H__
 #define __GST_V4L2ELEMENT_H__
 
+#include "_stdint.h"
+
 /* Because of some really cool feature in video4linux1, also known as
  * 'not including sys/types.h and sys/time.h', we had to include it
  * ourselves. In all their intelligence, these people decided to fix