diff --git a/src/FqBaseBackend.cpp b/src/FqBaseBackend.cpp
index 43eccfd5fb894829a4608a4390f6735aefda5ee6..07e4fd1aa0eda51a1bf2e02594fd695000f61b33 100644
--- a/src/FqBaseBackend.cpp
+++ b/src/FqBaseBackend.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
  *  Created on: Jan 20, 2016
  *      Author: vlegrand
  */
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
 #include <string>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <fcntl.h>
diff --git a/src/FqMainBackend.cpp b/src/FqMainBackend.cpp
index 240e96dfc8da9c51cea858f149b9d13bafe918ea..a76d6a8de6ea20ce8a57be60b1a26ab0a913e529 100644
--- a/src/FqMainBackend.cpp
+++ b/src/FqMainBackend.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  *      Author: vlegrand
  */
 
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 //#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
diff --git a/src/unit_test_fqwriter.cpp b/src/unit_test_fqwriter.cpp
index 62d88d1ef963c0cac3b0a0d6472158f5b136b678..21ad59c061b642b1a79a70d58ff975b6a2e96129 100644
--- a/src/unit_test_fqwriter.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_test_fqwriter.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
  *  Created on: Mar 14, 2016
  *      Author: vlegrand
  */
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <unistd.h>