diff --git a/boards/adafruit-clue/reset.c b/boards/adafruit-clue/reset.c
index f73da298a5..29b4b3b673 100644
--- a/boards/adafruit-clue/reset.c
+++ b/boards/adafruit-clue/reset.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #define USB_H_USER_IS_RIOT_INTERNAL
 
+#include "cpu.h"
 #include "usb_board_reset.h"
 
 /* Set the value used by the bootloader to select between boot in
diff --git a/boards/arduino-nano-33-ble/reset.c b/boards/arduino-nano-33-ble/reset.c
index 4773410c0c..a4f3468459 100644
--- a/boards/arduino-nano-33-ble/reset.c
+++ b/boards/arduino-nano-33-ble/reset.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #define USB_H_USER_IS_RIOT_INTERNAL
 
+#include "cpu.h"
 #include "usb_board_reset.h"
 
 /* Set the value used by the bootloader to select between boot in
diff --git a/boards/common/samd21-arduino-bootloader/reset.c b/boards/common/samd21-arduino-bootloader/reset.c
index 8ea026e6dd..4a751de25b 100644
--- a/boards/common/samd21-arduino-bootloader/reset.c
+++ b/boards/common/samd21-arduino-bootloader/reset.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #define USB_H_USER_IS_RIOT_INTERNAL
 
+#include "cpu.h"
 #include "usb_board_reset.h"
 
 #ifdef HMCRAMC0_ADDR
diff --git a/sys/include/usb_board_reset.h b/sys/include/usb_board_reset.h
index 8aa6c655de..d189ae816c 100644
--- a/sys/include/usb_board_reset.h
+++ b/sys/include/usb_board_reset.h
@@ -24,30 +24,16 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#include <inttypes.h>
-
-#include "usb/usbus/cdc/acm.h"
-
-/**
- * @brief   USB coding callback used to trigger the board reset
- *
- * @param[in] cdcacm    Pointer to the cdcacm device
- * @param[in] baud      Baudrate used by the client. Only 1200 baud is taken into account
- * @param[in] bits      Number of bit mode used by the client
- * @param[in] parity    Parity mode used by the client
- * @param[in] stop      Stop bit mode used by the client
- *
- * @return  Always return 0
- */
-int usb_board_reset_coding_cb(usbus_cdcacm_device_t *cdcacm,
-                              uint32_t baud, uint8_t bits,
-                              uint8_t parity, uint8_t stop);
-
 /**
  * @brief   Trigger a simple reset, back to the application
  */
 void usb_board_reset_in_application(void);
 
+/**
+ * @brief   Trigger a bootloader reset, start the bootloader after reset
+ */
+void usb_board_reset_in_bootloader(void);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/sys/include/usb_board_reset_internal.h b/sys/include/usb_board_reset_internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70e1e832b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/include/usb_board_reset_internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Inria
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup    sys_usb_board_reset_internal Board reset via USB CDC ACM internals
+ * @ingroup     sys_usb_board_reset
+ * @brief       Callbacks provided by the USB_BOARD_RESET to the ACM subsystem
+ *
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @author      Alexandre Abadie <alexandre.abadie@inria.fr>
+ */
+
+#ifndef USB_BOARD_RESET_INTERNAL_H
+#define USB_BOARD_RESET_INTERNAL_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#include "usb/usbus/cdc/acm.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief   USB coding callback used to trigger the board reset
+ *
+ * @param[in] cdcacm    Pointer to the cdcacm device
+ * @param[in] baud      Baudrate used by the client. Only 1200 baud is taken into account
+ * @param[in] bits      Number of bit mode used by the client
+ * @param[in] parity    Parity mode used by the client
+ * @param[in] stop      Stop bit mode used by the client
+ *
+ * @return  Always return 0
+ */
+int usb_board_reset_coding_cb(usbus_cdcacm_device_t *cdcacm,
+                              uint32_t baud, uint8_t bits,
+                              uint8_t parity, uint8_t stop);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* USB_BOARD_RESET_INTERNAL_H */
+/** @} */
diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/sc_sys.c b/sys/shell/commands/sc_sys.c
index 3452e8f915..a79df983f4 100644
--- a/sys/shell/commands/sc_sys.c
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/sc_sys.c
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 
 #include "periph/pm.h"
 
+#ifdef MODULE_USB_BOARD_RESET
+#include "usb_board_reset.h"
+#endif
+
 int _reboot_handler(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     (void) argc;
@@ -33,8 +37,6 @@ int _reboot_handler(int argc, char **argv)
 }
 
 #ifdef MODULE_USB_BOARD_RESET
-void usb_board_reset_in_bootloader(void);
-
 int _bootloader_handler(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     (void) argc;
diff --git a/sys/usb/usbus/cdc/acm/cdc_acm_stdio.c b/sys/usb/usbus/cdc/acm/cdc_acm_stdio.c
index ceb4768b53..c3e1075b58 100644
--- a/sys/usb/usbus/cdc/acm/cdc_acm_stdio.c
+++ b/sys/usb/usbus/cdc/acm/cdc_acm_stdio.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef MODULE_USB_BOARD_RESET
-#include "usb_board_reset.h"
+#include "usb_board_reset_internal.h"
 #endif
 
 static usbus_cdcacm_device_t cdcacm;
diff --git a/sys/usb_board_reset/usb_board_reset.c b/sys/usb_board_reset/usb_board_reset.c
index 04aa426d3d..44e4af4dec 100644
--- a/sys/usb_board_reset/usb_board_reset.c
+++ b/sys/usb_board_reset/usb_board_reset.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 #define RESET_IN_APPLICATION_TRIGGER_BAUDRATE   (600U)
 #endif
 
-void usb_board_reset_in_bootloader(void);
-
 int usb_board_reset_coding_cb(usbus_cdcacm_device_t *cdcacm,
                               uint32_t baud, uint8_t bits,
                               uint8_t parity, uint8_t stop)