diff --git a/modules/matlab/include/opencv2/matlab/mxarray.hpp b/modules/matlab/include/opencv2/matlab/mxarray.hpp
index cd7ac820bd..047ec43a58 100644
--- a/modules/matlab/include/opencv2/matlab/mxarray.hpp
+++ b/modules/matlab/include/opencv2/matlab/mxarray.hpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <mex.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <cstdarg>
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include <sstream>