diff --git a/src/sbbs3/readmsgs.cpp b/src/sbbs3/readmsgs.cpp
index 807c54ba107de47b5507370822f3169874059bef..629561f8caff842829517be096961f1ec4cc994b 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/readmsgs.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/readmsgs.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  ****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "sbbs.h"
+#include "utf8.h"
 
 int sbbs_t::sub_op(int subnum)
 {