diff --git a/src/libcrun/cgroup-systemd.c b/src/libcrun/cgroup-systemd.c
index ff3a540630..540aa3ad6c 100644
--- a/src/libcrun/cgroup-systemd.c
+++ b/src/libcrun/cgroup-systemd.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
 #  include <systemd/sd-bus.h>
+#  include <limits.h>
 
 #  define SYSTEMD_PROPERTY_PREFIX "org.systemd.property."