diff --git a/libstats/statsd_writer.c b/libstats/statsd_writer.c
index f00fc2d..f5be95c 100644
--- a/libstats/statsd_writer.c
+++ b/libstats/statsd_writer.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/uio.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>