diff --git a/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/basedefs.h b/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/basedefs.h
index ff8a18578c..858ca93d27 100644
--- a/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/basedefs.h
+++ b/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/basedefs.h
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
    * break application source files that relied on this accidentally.
    */
   #include <limits.h>
+
+  /*
+   * FIXME: This include should not be present.  In older RTEMS versions
+   * <rtems.h> provided <string.h> indirectly.  This include is here to not
+   * break application source files that relied on this accidentally.
+   */
+  #include <string.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifndef TRUE