diff --git a/porting/npl/freertos/include/nimble/nimble_npl_os.h b/porting/npl/freertos/include/nimble/nimble_npl_os.h
index 2480c3dd8..e4c985c28 100644
--- a/porting/npl/freertos/include/nimble/nimble_npl_os.h
+++ b/porting/npl/freertos/include/nimble/nimble_npl_os.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "freertos/semphr.h"
 #include "freertos/task.h"
 #include "freertos/timers.h"
+#include "esp_timer.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {