diff --git a/src/versit/vcc.y b/src/versit/vcc.y
--- a/src/versit/vcc.y
+++ b/src/versit/vcc.y
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
diff --git a/src/versit/vobject.c b/src/versit/vobject.c
--- a/src/versit/vobject.c
+++ b/src/versit/vobject.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 
 #include "vobject.h"
 #include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #define NAME_OF(o)          o->id