diff --git a/src/uu/head/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/head/Cargo.toml
index 34b064ef6..04816fe82 100644
--- a/src/uu/head/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/head/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ path = "src/head.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 memchr = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["ringbuffer", "lines"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["ringbuffer", "lines", "fs"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "head"