diff --git a/src/thread/task.h b/src/thread/task.h
index 296592a5..1a4f8c28 100644
--- a/src/thread/task.h
+++ b/src/thread/task.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 
 #include <atomic>
+#include <new>
 #include <thread>
 
 namespace mujoco {