diff --git a/srcpkgs/tab/patches/fix-missing-cstring-include.patch b/srcpkgs/tab/patches/fix-missing-cstring-include.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3a70a71a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/tab/patches/fix-missing-cstring-include.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/deps.h
++++ b/deps.h
+@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
+ #include <utility>
+ #include <algorithm>
+ #include <random>
++#include <cstring>
+ 
+ #include <regex>
+