diff --git a/include/boost/histogram/detail/axes.hpp b/include/boost/histogram/detail/axes.hpp
index cb4a1947..23c6ea53 100644
--- a/include/boost/histogram/detail/axes.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/histogram/detail/axes.hpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <boost/assert.hpp>
 #include <boost/histogram/axis/traits.hpp>
 #include <boost/histogram/axis/variant.hpp>
+#include <boost/histogram/detail/make_default.hpp>
 #include <boost/histogram/detail/static_if.hpp>
 #include <boost/histogram/fwd.hpp>
 #include <boost/mp11/algorithm.hpp>