diff --git a/include/sound/sof/header.h b/include/sound/sof/header.h
index 10f00c08dbb7..332143ff7278 100644
--- a/include/sound/sof/header.h
+++ b/include/sound/sof/header.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef __INCLUDE_SOUND_SOF_HEADER_H__
 #define __INCLUDE_SOUND_SOF_HEADER_H__
 
+#include <linux/types.h>
 #include <uapi/sound/sof/abi.h>
 
 /** \addtogroup sof_uapi uAPI