diff --git a/src/lib/platform/BUILD.gn b/src/lib/platform/BUILD.gn
index c46831e0b..49525340f 100644
--- a/src/lib/platform/BUILD.gn
+++ b/src/lib/platform/BUILD.gn
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ config("platform_config") {
 
 static_library("libopenthread-platform") {
   sources = platform_sources
+  public_deps = [ "../../core:libopenthread_core_headers" ]
   public_configs = [ ":platform_config" ]
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/platform/exit_code.h b/src/lib/platform/exit_code.h
index 4aef8bdd2..ee9e7d237 100644
--- a/src/lib/platform/exit_code.h
+++ b/src/lib/platform/exit_code.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include <openthread/logging.h>
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif