diff --git a/fairmq/FairMQMessage.h b/fairmq/FairMQMessage.h
index 4f0e3ccd..6eb97c1a 100644
--- a/fairmq/FairMQMessage.h
+++ b/fairmq/FairMQMessage.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <cstddef> // for size_t
 #include <memory> // unique_ptr
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 #include <fairmq/Transports.h>
 
diff --git a/fairmq/FairMQSocket.h b/fairmq/FairMQSocket.h
index 0905cd70..847c4b6f 100644
--- a/fairmq/FairMQSocket.h
+++ b/fairmq/FairMQSocket.h
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 #ifndef FAIRMQSOCKET_H_
 #define FAIRMQSOCKET_H_
 
+#include <memory>
+#include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
-#include <memory>
 
 #include "FairMQMessage.h"
 class FairMQTransportFactory;