diff --git a/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y b/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y
index 75798c0fd..e5dac5374 100644
--- a/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y
+++ b/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "macLib.h"
 #include "dbAccess.h"