diff --git a/common/cpp/src/database/encoding.cpp b/common/cpp/src/database/encoding.cpp
index 29a419752542ff44b724806b746f44ea8eff8c00..c8cf596f0bfdc64764ca147124e1ebcf5ca4db8d 100644
--- a/common/cpp/src/database/encoding.cpp
+++ b/common/cpp/src/database/encoding.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "encoding.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <memory>
 
 namespace asapo {