diff --git a/sys/shell/cmds/gnrc_netif.c b/sys/shell/cmds/gnrc_netif.c
index 7472cd6e26..35d7b443a9 100644
--- a/sys/shell/cmds/gnrc_netif.c
+++ b/sys/shell/cmds/gnrc_netif.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "net/loramac.h"
 #include "net/netif.h"
 #include "shell.h"
+#include "container.h"
 
 #ifdef MODULE_NETSTATS
 #include "net/netstats.h"
diff --git a/sys/shell/cmds/openwsn.c b/sys/shell/cmds/openwsn.c
index a0e636ac2f..a2095fe409 100644
--- a/sys/shell/cmds/openwsn.c
+++ b/sys/shell/cmds/openwsn.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "net/ipv6/addr.h"
 #include "net/l2util.h"
 #include "net/netif.h"
+#include "container.h"
 
 #include "openwsn.h"
 #include "opendefs.h"
diff --git a/sys/shell/cmds/sht1x.c b/sys/shell/cmds/sht1x.c
index 26caf3652c..fbaaf9c431 100644
--- a/sys/shell/cmds/sht1x.c
+++ b/sys/shell/cmds/sht1x.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "shell.h"
+#include "container.h"
 #include "sht1x.h"
 #include "sht1x_params.h"