diff --git a/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y b/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y
index 7c14af819..7515092bd 100644
--- a/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y
+++ b/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "macLib.h"
 #include "dbAccess.h"