diff --git a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
index 12996ecbd00a1df89a582499f23f27ddb31a6ae2..72a4d078e4c8242fc363c4c91009b271a37d8f46 100644
--- a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
+++ b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>