diff --git a/include/SQLiteCpp/Database.h b/include/SQLiteCpp/Database.h
index 4044a61..0129809 100644
--- a/include/SQLiteCpp/Database.h
+++ b/include/SQLiteCpp/Database.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <SQLiteCpp/Column.h>
 
-#include <string>
+#include <string.h>
 
 // Forward declarations to avoid inclusion of <sqlite3.h> in a header
 struct sqlite3;
diff --git a/src/Database.cpp b/src/Database.cpp
index 1606be5..482bf05 100644
--- a/src/Database.cpp
+++ b/src/Database.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <sqlite3.h>
 #include <fstream>
-#include <string>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #ifndef SQLITE_DETERMINISTIC
 #define SQLITE_DETERMINISTIC 0x800