diff --git a/testmode.h b/testmode.h
index 5e2792d81..0590c35c7 100644
--- a/testmode.h
+++ b/testmode.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #define MT76_TM_TIMEOUT	10
 
+#include <net/netlink.h>
+
 /**
  * enum mt76_testmode_attr - testmode attributes inside NL80211_ATTR_TESTDATA
  *