diff --git a/src/daemon/backend/metadata/merge.cpp b/src/daemon/backend/metadata/merge.cpp
index 68cf69c41a1fe219e102359417f958167d2859b2..be101f780271254473082f70cde97ca4fe80a85b 100644
--- a/src/daemon/backend/metadata/merge.cpp
+++ b/src/daemon/backend/metadata/merge.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 */
 
 #include <daemon/backend/metadata/merge.hpp>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -178,4 +179,4 @@ bool MetadataMergeOperator::AllowSingleOperand() const {
 }
 
 } // namespace metadata
-} // namespace gkfs
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace gkfs