diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/half_type.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/half_type.hpp
index 153424e27f7ef..1b030ecc87aab 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/half_type.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/half_type.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <sycl/detail/iostream_proxy.hpp>
 #include <sycl/detail/vector_traits.hpp>
 
+#include <cstdint> // for uint16_t
 #include <functional>
 #include <limits>