diff --git a/include/mcom_db.h b/include/mcom_db.h
index 7bcb4c3974d7..346cdd14c29f 100644
--- a/include/mcom_db.h
+++ b/include/mcom_db.h
@@ -289,6 +289,11 @@ typedef enum { LockOutDatabase, UnlockDatabase } DBLockFlagEnum;
 #define	DB_TXN		    0x8000	/* Do transactions. */
 #endif
 
+/* if we're using gcc's -pedantic-errors, uint isn't defined */
+#ifdef __STRICT_ANSI__
+typedef unsigned int uint;
+#endif
+
 /* Access method description structure. */
 typedef struct __db {
 	DBTYPE type;			/* Underlying db type. */