diff --git a/core/XdmfHeavyDataWriter.cpp b/core/XdmfHeavyDataWriter.cpp
index d70d74376d0a8c363e540be223531c68f316f454..50a6b2fc291e391aba2dd0cbf074810e9ae1d289 100644
--- a/core/XdmfHeavyDataWriter.cpp
+++ b/core/XdmfHeavyDataWriter.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "XdmfSystemUtils.hpp"
 #include <list>
 #include <vector>
+#include "stdio.h"
 
 XdmfHeavyDataWriter::XdmfHeavyDataWriter(const double compression,
                                          const unsigned int overhead) :