diff --git a/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp b/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp
index 13f1f4a019..c369f01f55 100644
--- a/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <vector>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 #include <OgreDataStream.h>