diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c
index 6a63c4d1d18..02bcbaa10f5 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_epoll_linux.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <poll.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/epoll.h>