diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/enum_convert.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/enum_convert.h
index 7e03c3477e..da9a6176ca 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/enum_convert.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/enum_convert.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #ifndef PBD_ENUM_CONVERT_H
 #define PBD_ENUM_CONVERT_H
 
+#include <typeinfo>
+
 #include "pbd/enumwriter.h"
 #include "pbd/string_convert.h"