diff --git a/simgear/nasal/cppbind/NasalContext.cxx b/simgear/nasal/cppbind/NasalContext.cxx
index dbbaa7c5..b0727dbd 100644
--- a/simgear/nasal/cppbind/NasalContext.cxx
+++ b/simgear/nasal/cppbind/NasalContext.cxx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "NasalString.hxx"
 
 #include <cassert>
+#include <stdexcept> // for std::runtime_error
 
 namespace nasal
 {