diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
index 74ca7aabf4e1..30860b89ec58 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sched.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include "kern_constants.h"