diff --git a/direct.c b/direct.c
index 67bed20..39e5c8f 100644
--- a/direct.c
+++ b/direct.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "fuse-overlayfs.h"
 
+#include "limits.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>