diff --git a/cpp/platform/base/BUILD b/cpp/platform/base/BUILD
index b61a8e86..51ed307d 100644
--- a/cpp/platform/base/BUILD
+++ b/cpp/platform/base/BUILD
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ cc_library(
         "//platform:__subpackages__",
     ],
     deps = [
+        "//base:logging",
         "//platform/api:platform",
         "//platform/api:types",
     ],
diff --git a/cpp/platform/base/logging.h b/cpp/platform/base/logging.h
index 36a6416c..8561e413 100644
--- a/cpp/platform/base/logging.h
+++ b/cpp/platform/base/logging.h
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #ifndef PLATFORM_BASE_LOGGING_H_
 #define PLATFORM_BASE_LOGGING_H_
 
+// base/logging.h is only included to allow logging clients to include CHECK's.
+// In Chrome this will be translated to base/check.h. See crbug/1212611.
+#include "base/check.h"
 #include "platform/api/log_message.h"
 #include "platform/api/platform.h"