diff --git a/orte/mca/debugger/mpir/mpir.c b/orte/mca/debugger/mpir/mpir.c
index 7038c767b3..dbca2d4c1d 100644
--- a/orte/mca/debugger/mpir/mpir.c
+++ b/orte/mca/debugger/mpir/mpir.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2007      Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
  *                         reserved. 
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2010 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010      Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  * 
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@
  * hard-coded in the OMPI layer (see ompi/debuggers/ompi_debuggers.c).
  */
 
+#include "orte_config.h"
+
 #ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
 #include <string.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/orte/mca/debugger/mpirx/mpirx.c b/orte/mca/debugger/mpirx/mpirx.c
index b4a96061ee..9fc2cb5838 100644
--- a/orte/mca/debugger/mpirx/mpirx.c
+++ b/orte/mca/debugger/mpirx/mpirx.c
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
  * $HEADER$
  */
 
+#include "orte_config.h"
+
 #ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
 #include <string.h>
 #endif