diff --git a/subsys/ipc/ipc_service/backends/ipc_rpmsg_static_vrings.c b/subsys/ipc/ipc_service/backends/ipc_rpmsg_static_vrings.c
index 15dbe0aa746..41f0a77ea22 100644
--- a/subsys/ipc/ipc_service/backends/ipc_rpmsg_static_vrings.c
+++ b/subsys/ipc/ipc_service/backends/ipc_rpmsg_static_vrings.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <zephyr/kernel.h>
 #include <zephyr/cache.h>
 #include <zephyr/device.h>
+#include <zephyr/init.h>
 #include <zephyr/sys/atomic.h>
 
 #include <zephyr/ipc/ipc_service_backend.h>