diff --git a/example/subsystem_netconf.c b/example/subsystem_netconf.c
index 2fd97d5..1a143e0 100644
--- a/example/subsystem_netconf.c
+++ b/example/subsystem_netconf.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>