diff --git a/include/mbgl/util/string.hpp b/include/mbgl/util/string.hpp
index 89c460180..9ed5a49e5 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/util/string.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/util/string.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <type_traits>
+#include <exception>
 
 // Polyfill needed by Qt when building for Android with GCC
 #if defined(__ANDROID__) && defined(__GLIBCXX__)