diff --git a/base_c/src/memory_allocation.c b/base_c/src/memory_allocation.c
index 4e2e878..c6f8bfc 100644
--- a/base_c/src/memory_allocation.c
+++ b/base_c/src/memory_allocation.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <embb/base/c/internal/config.h>
 #include <embb/base/c/atomic.h>
 #include <embb/base/c/internal/unused.h>
-#include <malloc.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 
 #ifdef EMBB_DEBUG