diff --git a/sched/task/task_posixspawn.c b/sched/task/task_posixspawn.c
index a4e30f9fb8..65ee785ab3 100644
--- a/sched/task/task_posixspawn.c
+++ b/sched/task/task_posixspawn.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 #include <nuttx/kthread.h>
 #include <nuttx/binfmt/binfmt.h>
+#include <nuttx/binfmt/symtab.h>
 
 #include "sched/sched.h"
 #include "group/group.h"