diff --git a/dace/codegen/targets/cpu.py b/dace/codegen/targets/cpu.py
index ab6b5f3d81..8b7724d59e 100644
--- a/dace/codegen/targets/cpu.py
+++ b/dace/codegen/targets/cpu.py
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ def allocate_array(self, sdfg: SDFG, cfg: ControlFlowRegion, dfg: StateSubgraphV
             if not declared:
                 declaration_stream.write(f'{nodedesc.dtype.ctype} *{name};\n', cfg, state_id, node)
             allocation_stream.write(
-                "%s = static_cast<{nodedesc.dtype.ctype}*>(std::aligned_alloc(64, %s * sizeof(%s)));\n" % (alloc_name, cpp.sym2cpp(arrsize), nodedesc.dtype.ctype), cfg,
+                "%s = static_cast<%s*>(std::aligned_alloc(64, %s * sizeof(%s)));\n" % (nodedesc.dtype.ctype, alloc_name, cpp.sym2cpp(arrsize), nodedesc.dtype.ctype), cfg,
                 state_id, node)
             define_var(name, DefinedType.Pointer, ctypedef)
 
diff --git a/dace/runtime/include/dace/dace.h b/dace/runtime/include/dace/dace.h
index 960aece94c..4e9cbf2cc0 100644
--- a/dace/runtime/include/dace/dace.h
+++ b/dace/runtime/include/dace/dace.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <numeric>
 #include <tuple>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <cstdlib>
 
 // The order in which these are included matters - sorting them
 // alphabetically causes compilation to fail.