diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index caf247df3..0cf5d4fca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -91,5 +91,6 @@ release_static/
 debug_static/
 bin/
 bin64/
+lib/
 pocomsg.h
 
diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/String.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/String.h
index ea2e26093..ace024aa6 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/String.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/String.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "Poco/Ascii.h"
 #include <cstring>
 #include <locale>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 
 namespace Poco {