diff --git a/spa/include/spa/utils/ratelimit.h b/spa/include/spa/utils/ratelimit.h
index 9f0d7a481..71530bac0 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/utils/ratelimit.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/utils/ratelimit.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 
 struct spa_ratelimit {