diff --git a/include/boost/container/throw_exception.hpp b/include/boost/container/throw_exception.hpp
index 2c893e9..118cc39 100644
--- a/include/boost/container/throw_exception.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/container/throw_exception.hpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #ifndef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
    #include <stdexcept> //for std exception types
+   #include <string>    //for implicit std::string conversion
    #include <new>       //for std::bad_alloc
 #else
    #include <boost/assert.hpp>