diff --git a/common/scummsys.h b/common/scummsys.h
index 09c289f40f8..8fbe5eee816 100644
--- a/common/scummsys.h
+++ b/common/scummsys.h
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@
 	// easily do that for systems which do have a <new>, since it might clash with
 	// the default definition otherwise!
 	#include <new>
+
+	// After having discussion about use of std::numeric_limits in
+	// https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/pull/3966 we concluded that it is safe to
+	// use it as minimal STL code with low probability to bring any incompatibilities
+	#include <limits>
 #endif
 
 #ifndef STATIC_ASSERT