diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/iio_core.h b/drivers/staging/iio/iio_core.h
index c9dfcba0bac8..f652e6ae5a35 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/iio_core.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/iio_core.h
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 
 #ifndef _IIO_CORE_H_
 #define _IIO_CORE_H_
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+
+struct iio_chan_spec;
+struct iio_dev;
+
 
 int __iio_add_chan_devattr(const char *postfix,
 			   struct iio_chan_spec const *chan,