diff --git a/src/client/libdistren.c b/src/client/libdistren.c
--- a/src/client/libdistren.c
+++ b/src/client/libdistren.c
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
   Implementation of distren_* functions from distren.h excluding distren_job_* functions.
  */
 
+#include "common/config.h"
+
 #include "libdistren.h"
 
-#include <malloc.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 /**
    @todo needs to read configuration in