diff --git a/src/counters.c b/src/counters.c
index 7c2cf8fb1e..a8f1c236d6 100644
--- a/src/counters.c
+++ b/src/counters.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include "time.h"
 
 #include "counters.h"