diff --git a/sys/net/gnrc/pktbuf/gnrc_pktbuf.c b/sys/net/gnrc/pktbuf/gnrc_pktbuf.c
index 6fa8e57163..68631f7379 100644
--- a/sys/net/gnrc/pktbuf/gnrc_pktbuf.c
+++ b/sys/net/gnrc/pktbuf/gnrc_pktbuf.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
  * @author  Martine Lenders <m.lenders@fu-berlin.de>
  */
 
+#include <sys/uio.h>
+
 #include "net/gnrc/pktbuf.h"
 
 gnrc_pktsnip_t *gnrc_pktbuf_get_iovec(gnrc_pktsnip_t *pkt, size_t *len)
diff --git a/sys/net/gnrc/pktbuf_static/gnrc_pktbuf_static.c b/sys/net/gnrc/pktbuf_static/gnrc_pktbuf_static.c
index 8ecf00bba3..a8341106f0 100644
--- a/sys/net/gnrc/pktbuf_static/gnrc_pktbuf_static.c
+++ b/sys/net/gnrc/pktbuf_static/gnrc_pktbuf_static.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/uio.h>
 
 #include "mutex.h"
 #include "od.h"