diff --git a/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y b/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y
index c7161dc4c..4d9437b34 100644
--- a/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y
+++ b/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "macLib.h"
 #include "dbmf.h"
 #include "epicsVersion.h"
+#include "getopt.h"
 
 static int line_num;
 static int yyerror();