diff --git a/CondFormats/SiStripObjects/BuildFile.xml b/CondFormats/SiStripObjects/BuildFile.xml
index cb522a5aea5e6..ffe5704cc25c4 100644
--- a/CondFormats/SiStripObjects/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/CondFormats/SiStripObjects/BuildFile.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 <use name="DataFormats/SiStripDetId"/>
 <use name="FWCore/MessageLogger"/>
 <use name="FWCore/Utilities"/>
+<use name="DataFormats/DetId"/>
 <use name="clhep"/>
 <use name="boost"/>
 <use name="boost_serialization"/>