diff --git a/basis/core-foundation/strings/strings.factor b/basis/core-foundation/strings/strings.factor
index 45f4460d13..4bbe050230 100644
--- a/basis/core-foundation/strings/strings.factor
+++ b/basis/core-foundation/strings/strings.factor
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: alien.syntax alien.strings io.encodings.string kernel
 sequences byte-arrays io.encodings.utf8 math core-foundation
-core-foundation.arrays destructors ;
+core-foundation.arrays destructors parser fry alien words ;
 IN: core-foundation.strings
 
 TYPEDEF: void* CFStringRef