diff --git a/Surface_mesh_shortest_path/examples/Surface_mesh_shortest_path/shortest_paths_OpenMesh.cpp b/Surface_mesh_shortest_path/examples/Surface_mesh_shortest_path/shortest_paths_OpenMesh.cpp
index 4b93682207a..68a7a4080d4 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh_shortest_path/examples/Surface_mesh_shortest_path/shortest_paths_OpenMesh.cpp
+++ b/Surface_mesh_shortest_path/examples/Surface_mesh_shortest_path/shortest_paths_OpenMesh.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
 #include <iterator>
 
 #include <CGAL/Exact_predicates_inexact_constructions_kernel.h>