diff --git a/include/haproxy/compiler.h b/include/haproxy/compiler.h
index fba6dc358..87012d27c 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/compiler.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/compiler.h
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 #ifndef _HAPROXY_COMPILER_H
 #define _HAPROXY_COMPILER_H
 
+#ifdef DEBUG_USE_ABORT
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Gcc before 3.0 needs [0] to declare a variable-size array