diff --git a/src/json_ui.cc b/src/json_ui.cc
index 05f0d38b..9b562026 100644
--- a/src/json_ui.cc
+++ b/src/json_ui.cc
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 #include <utility>
 
+#include <unistd.h>
+
 namespace Kakoune
 {
 
@@ -405,7 +407,7 @@ void JsonUI::parse_requests(EventMode mode)
     char buf[bufsize];
     while (stdin_ready())
     {
-        ssize_t size = read(0, buf, bufsize);
+        ssize_t size = ::read(0, buf, bufsize);
         if (size == -1 or size == 0)
             break;