diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
index b49c7adbfa89..31903cf9709d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 #include <asm/addrspace.h>