diff --git a/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_system_api.cc b/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_system_api.cc
index 87dd74723f823..d244dd1c45dd7 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_system_api.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_system_api.cc
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ int PosixSystemApi::SetSockOpt(FileDescriptor fd, int level, int optname,
 
 #else  //  GRPC_POSIX_SOCKET
 
+#include "src/core/util/crash.h"
+
 namespace grpc_event_engine {
 namespace experimental {