diff --git a/include/etl/bitset.h b/include/etl/bitset.h
index d827c762a..d267819a2 100644
--- a/include/etl/bitset.h
+++ b/include/etl/bitset.h
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ SOFTWARE.
 #include "platform.h"
 
 #if defined(ETL_USE_LEGACY_BITSET)
-  #include "private/bitset_legacy.h"
+  #include "private/bitset_legacy.h" // IWYU pragma: export
 #else
-  #include "private/bitset_new.h"
+  #include "private/bitset_new.h" // IWYU pragma: export
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/etl/delegate.h b/include/etl/delegate.h
index d03119279..76b7e1691 100644
--- a/include/etl/delegate.h
+++ b/include/etl/delegate.h
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ SOFTWARE.
 #include "platform.h"
 
 #if ETL_USING_CPP11 && !defined(ETL_DELEGATE_FORCE_CPP03_IMPLEMENTATION)
-  #include "private/delegate_cpp11.h"
+  #include "private/delegate_cpp11.h" // IWYU pragma: export
 #else
-  #include "private/delegate_cpp03.h"
+  #include "private/delegate_cpp03.h" // IWYU pragma: export
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/etl/variant.h b/include/etl/variant.h
index a34f5e5b3..7012588de 100644
--- a/include/etl/variant.h
+++ b/include/etl/variant.h
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ SOFTWARE.
 #include "platform.h"
 
 #if ETL_USING_LEGACY_VARIANT
-  #include "private/variant_legacy.h"   // etl::variant
+  // etl::variant
+  #include "private/variant_legacy.h" // IWYU pragma: export
 #else
-  #include "private/variant_legacy.h"   // etl::legacy::variant
-  #include "private/variant_variadic.h" // etl::variant
+  // etl::legacy::variant
+  #include "private/variant_legacy.h" // IWYU pragma: export
+  // etl::variant
+  #include "private/variant_variadic.h" // IWYU pragma: export
 #endif
 
 #endif