diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index a53c23bf44..ef2f7adf31 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <cstring>
 
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <grp.h>
@@ -2638,6 +2639,7 @@ void Worker::waitForInput()
         timeout.tv_sec = std::max((time_t) 0, lastWokenUp + wakeUpInterval - before);
     } else lastWokenUp = 0;
 
+    using namespace std;
     /* Use select() to wait for the input side of any logger pipe to
        become `available'.  Note that `available' (i.e., non-blocking)
        includes EOF. */
diff --git a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
index 5143143f57..9db90c872a 100644
--- a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <cstring>
 
 
 namespace nix {
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ void RemoteStore::connectToDaemon()
     addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
     if (socketPathRel.size() >= sizeof(addr.sun_path))
         throw Error(format("socket path `%1%' is too long") % socketPathRel);
+    using namespace std;
     strcpy(addr.sun_path, socketPathRel.c_str());
     
     if (connect(fdSocket, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1)
diff --git a/src/nix-worker/nix-worker.cc b/src/nix-worker/nix-worker.cc
index bd2209c6d7..0052fbb7d5 100644
--- a/src/nix-worker/nix-worker.cc
+++ b/src/nix-worker/nix-worker.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "globals.hh"
 
 #include <iostream>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ static bool isFarSideClosed(int socket)
    time and wouldn't have to worry about races. */
 static void sigPollHandler(int sigNo)
 {
+    using namespace std;
     try {
         /* Check that the far side actually closed.  We're still
            getting spurious signals every once in a while.  I.e.,