diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index a73597e..0c2be18 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def configure(conf):
      conf.check_tool('compiler_cc')
      conf.check_tool('misc')
 
-     headers = 'termios.h sys/time.h \
+     headers = 'string.h termios.h sys/time.h \
                 unistd.h errno.h limits.h fcntl.h \
                 sys/types.h sys/socket.h sys/ioctl.h \
                 netinet/in.h netinet/ip.h netinet/tcp.h arpa/inet.h'