diff --git a/src/include/cursor.h b/src/include/cursor.h
index 1293d2482f..137fefa5cf 100644
--- a/src/include/cursor.h
+++ b/src/include/cursor.h
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@
 --  Includes
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+#include <string>
+
 #include "sdl2_helper.h"
 #include "vec2i.h"