diff --git a/src/api/teleporter.c b/src/api/teleporter.c
index 5e4a3b5a..986f6bc4 100644
--- a/src/api/teleporter.c
+++ b/src/api/teleporter.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "database/common.h"
 // MAX_ROTATIONS
 #include "files.h"
+//basename()
+#include <libgen.h>
 
 #define MAXFILESIZE (50u*1024*1024)
 
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 5e1f57c0..cb5799fd 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 // PRIu64
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
+//basename()
+#include <libgen.h>
+
 // chmod_file() changes the file mode bits of a given file (relative
 // to the directory file descriptor) according to mode. mode is an
 // octal number representing the bit pattern for the new mode bits