diff --git a/components/esm/attr.cpp b/components/esm/attr.cpp
index 8dd491c8df..fef14e0c1a 100644
--- a/components/esm/attr.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/attr.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "attr.hpp"
 #include <components/misc/strings/algorithm.hpp>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 using namespace ESM;