diff --git a/sensor_msgs/include/sensor_msgs/impl/point_cloud2_iterator.hpp b/sensor_msgs/include/sensor_msgs/impl/point_cloud2_iterator.hpp
index f701e7ce..418aa842 100644
--- a/sensor_msgs/include/sensor_msgs/impl/point_cloud2_iterator.hpp
+++ b/sensor_msgs/include/sensor_msgs/impl/point_cloud2_iterator.hpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 // This file is originally from:
 // https://github.com/ros/common_msgs/blob/50ee957/sensor_msgs/include/sensor_msgs/impl/point_cloud2_iterator.h
 
+// IWYU pragma: private, include "sensor_msgs/point_cloud2_iterator.hpp"
+
 #ifndef SENSOR_MSGS__IMPL__POINT_CLOUD2_ITERATOR_HPP_
 #define SENSOR_MSGS__IMPL__POINT_CLOUD2_ITERATOR_HPP_