diff --git a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanCommands.h b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanCommands.h
index 0e360eb64c..e066117ff7 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanCommands.h
+++ b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanCommands.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include <utils/Condition.h>
 #include <utils/Mutex.h>
 
+#include <atomic>
+
 namespace filament::backend {
 
 // Wrapper to enable use of shared_ptr for implementing shared ownership of low-level Vulkan fences.