diff --git a/opal/mca/event/libevent207/libevent/mm-internal.h b/opal/mca/event/libevent207/libevent/mm-internal.h
index 79855d6a05..46b0a354cb 100644
--- a/opal/mca/event/libevent207/libevent/mm-internal.h
+++ b/opal/mca/event/libevent207/libevent/mm-internal.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#include "opal_rename.h"
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif