diff --git a/ompi/mca/sharedfp/sm/sharedfp_sm_file_open.c b/ompi/mca/sharedfp/sm/sharedfp_sm_file_open.c
index 3fb042e37a..443f10ee7d 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/sharedfp/sm/sharedfp_sm_file_open.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/sharedfp/sm/sharedfp_sm_file_open.c
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #if HAVE_LIBGEN_H
 #include <libgen.h>
 #endif
+#if HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "sharedfp_sm.h"