diff --git a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalindex.hh b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalindex.hh
index 5cced9713689c87fa5a06fc5eb41e3714ab2d0aa..09b26625cd1593684d645a1d1aee677dc9265e0b 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalindex.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalindex.hh
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 // Include proprietary header files.
 #include "uniqueentitypartition.hh"
 
+#include <dune/common/version.hh>
+
 /** include parallel capability */
 #if HAVE_MPI
   #include <dune/common/parallel/mpihelper.hh>