diff --git a/common/cpp/src/database/encoding.cpp b/common/cpp/src/database/encoding.cpp
index af39819dad8eceeb62837a8e761b6c2ddca3a8b3..131e7e26be7b8b3c382bc59573048fd5601b8e76 100644
--- a/common/cpp/src/database/encoding.cpp
+++ b/common/cpp/src/database/encoding.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "encoding.h"
-#include <string>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 namespace asapo {