diff --git a/src/core/common/bit_vector.hpp b/src/core/common/bit_vector.hpp
index f7e24b7f0..1646391c5 100644
--- a/src/core/common/bit_vector.hpp
+++ b/src/core/common/bit_vector.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@
 
 #include "openthread-core-config.h"
 
-#include "debug.hpp"
+#include "common/code_utils.hpp"
+#include "common/debug.hpp"
+#include "common/encoding.hpp"
+#include "common/equatable.hpp"
 
 namespace ot {