diff --git a/base_cpp/src/log.cc b/base_cpp/src/log.cc
index 7a491b2..7bf80fc 100644
--- a/base_cpp/src/log.cc
+++ b/base_cpp/src/log.cc
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <embb/base/c/internal/unused.h>
 
 #include <cstdarg>
-#include <cstring>
 
 extern "C" void embb_log_write_internal(
   char const * channel,
diff --git a/base_cpp/test/log_test.cc b/base_cpp/test/log_test.cc
index db4188d..88b7eda 100644
--- a/base_cpp/test/log_test.cc
+++ b/base_cpp/test/log_test.cc
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include <embb/base/c/internal/unused.h>
 #include <embb/base/log.h>
 
+#include <cstring>
+
 namespace embb {
 namespace base {
 namespace test {