diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index fae89829a..d2eb80353 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 #include <nlohmann/detail/output/serializer.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/recursion_depth_limit.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
-#include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp> // IWYU pragma: export
 #include <nlohmann/ordered_map.hpp> // IWYU pragma: keep
 #include <nlohmann/thirdparty/hedley/hedley.hpp>
 
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index b6b927835..c20b295f8 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -27776,7 +27776,7 @@ NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/value_t.hpp>
 
 // #include <nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp>
-
+// IWYU pragma: export
 // #include <nlohmann/ordered_map.hpp>
 //     __ _____ _____ _____
 //  __|  |   __|     |   | |  JSON for Modern C++