diff --git a/tokenize.h b/tokenize.h
index 04cd759cc..f1f31ed24 100644
--- a/tokenize.h
+++ b/tokenize.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*
+/*
  * c++check - c/c++ syntax checking
  * Copyright (C) 2007 Daniel Marjamäki
  *
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#ifdef __BORLANDC__
+#include <stdlib.h>     // <- free
+#endif
+
 extern std::vector<std::string> Files;
 
 class TOKEN