diff --git a/src/AudioFormat.hxx b/src/AudioFormat.hxx
index 38d0aa9a6..7e411b12a 100644
--- a/src/AudioFormat.hxx
+++ b/src/AudioFormat.hxx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #ifndef MPD_AUDIO_FORMAT_HXX
 #define MPD_AUDIO_FORMAT_HXX
 
-#include "pcm/SampleFormat.hxx"
+#include "pcm/SampleFormat.hxx" // IWYU pragma: export
 #include "util/Compiler.h"
 
 #include <chrono>
diff --git a/src/decoder/DecoderPlugin.hxx b/src/decoder/DecoderPlugin.hxx
index 322d81157..c4b023018 100644
--- a/src/decoder/DecoderPlugin.hxx
+++ b/src/decoder/DecoderPlugin.hxx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "util/Compiler.h"
 
-#include <forward_list>
+#include <forward_list>  // IWYU pragma: export
 
 struct ConfigBlock;
 class InputStream;
diff --git a/src/util/StringFormat.hxx b/src/util/StringFormat.hxx
index 723591c69..c761e8806 100644
--- a/src/util/StringFormat.hxx
+++ b/src/util/StringFormat.hxx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #ifndef STRING_FORMAT_HXX
 #define STRING_FORMAT_HXX
 
-#include "StringBuffer.hxx"
+#include "StringBuffer.hxx" // IWYU pragma: export
 
 #include <stdio.h>