diff --git a/unified-runtime/source/common/backtrace_lin.cpp b/unified-runtime/source/common/backtrace_lin.cpp
index 89993f3f2ca6d..77dea2526ceaa 100644
--- a/unified-runtime/source/common/backtrace_lin.cpp
+++ b/unified-runtime/source/common/backtrace_lin.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  *
  */
 #include "backtrace.hpp"
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <execinfo.h>
 
 namespace ur {