diff --git a/src/profiling/profiler.cpp b/src/profiling/profiler.cpp
index 247c8c949958e46c2285d0c9c79341c4699a32bb..b5d2ad0d8d7bd9efe7fd8e55e5f6720ab051b3f1 100644
--- a/src/profiling/profiler.cpp
+++ b/src/profiling/profiler.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include <numeric>
+
 #include "profiler.hpp"
 #include "util/debug.hpp"
 
@@ -373,4 +375,3 @@ void profiler_output(double threshold) {}
 } // namespace util
 } // namespace mc
 } // namespace nest
-