diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ape_reader/APEReader.h b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ape_reader/APEReader.h
index 232c946ea6..e692997cca 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ape_reader/APEReader.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/ape_reader/APEReader.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 #include "Reader.h"		// Haiku private header
 
+using namespace BCodecKit;
+
 
 const int32		BLOCK_COUNT = 1024*4;	// number of blocks, get from MACLib at once
 const int32		BUFFER_SIZE = 1024*4;	// size of audio data passing to Media Kit