diff --git a/src/api/encoding.cc b/src/api/encoding.cc
index 215db8882bf1ee..fd1294ae9618ec 100644
--- a/src/api/encoding.cc
+++ b/src/api/encoding.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace node {
 using v8::HandleScope;
 using v8::Isolate;
 using v8::Local;
+using v8::String;
 using v8::MaybeLocal;
 using v8::TryCatch;
 using v8::Value;