diff --git a/src/Database/DBA.php b/src/Database/DBA.php
index 987daf4517..4027f56d4e 100644
--- a/src/Database/DBA.php
+++ b/src/Database/DBA.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use PDO;
 use PDOException;
 use PDOStatement;
+use mysqli;
 
 /**
  * @class MySQL database class