diff --git a/include/iri_base_algorithm/iri_base_algorithm.h b/include/iri_base_algorithm/iri_base_algorithm.h
index 0916ab8389f5a2cfe65b4d8d1358bc6088b07b10..3fd4620a3d271df624a7bae7473fe5f5cea07cdc 100644
--- a/include/iri_base_algorithm/iri_base_algorithm.h
+++ b/include/iri_base_algorithm/iri_base_algorithm.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 // iri-utils thread server
 #include "threadserver.h"
 #include "exceptions.h"
+#include "mutex.h"
 
 // boost thread includes for ROS::spin thread
 #include <boost/thread.hpp>