diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 56f79f5801..a242baf787 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
   #:export (glibc
             libiconv-if-needed))