diff --git a/io/src/ply/ply_parser.cpp b/io/src/ply/ply_parser.cpp
index 335c0fb1808..7e79d2d6162 100644
--- a/io/src/ply/ply_parser.cpp
+++ b/io/src/ply/ply_parser.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 #include <pcl/io/ply/ply_parser.h>
 
+#include <algorithm> // for find_if
 #include <fstream> // for ifstream
 #include <sstream> // for istringstream