diff --git a/src/actions.cpp b/src/actions.cpp
index 5309cb80..e5baa75f 100644
--- a/src/actions.cpp
+++ b/src/actions.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include <ctime>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cassert>
+#include <stdexcept>
 #include <sys/types.h>                  // for stat()
 #include <sys/stat.h>                   // for stat()
 #ifdef EXV_HAVE_UNISTD_H