diff --git a/gdb/gdb_curses.h b/gdb/gdb_curses.h
index c7ee862cd67..8eb2e8c750a 100644
--- a/gdb/gdb_curses.h
+++ b/gdb/gdb_curses.h
@@ -40,21 +40,21 @@
 #define NCURSES_NOMACROS
 
 #if defined (HAVE_NCURSESW_NCURSES_H)
-#include <ncursesw/ncurses.h>
+#include <ncursesw/ncurses.h> /* IWYU pragma: export */
 #elif defined (HAVE_NCURSES_NCURSES_H)
-#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#include <ncurses/ncurses.h> /* IWYU pragma: export */
 #elif defined (HAVE_NCURSES_H)
-#include <ncurses.h>
+#include <ncurses.h> /* IWYU pragma: export */
 #elif defined (HAVE_CURSESX_H)
-#include <cursesX.h>
+#include <cursesX.h> /* IWYU pragma: export */
 #elif defined (HAVE_CURSES_H)
-#include <curses.h>
+#include <curses.h> /* IWYU pragma: export */
 #endif
 
 #if defined (HAVE_NCURSES_TERM_H)
-#include <ncurses/term.h>
+#include <ncurses/term.h> /* IWYU pragma: export */
 #elif defined (HAVE_TERM_H)
-#include <term.h>
+#include <term.h> /* IWYU pragma: export */
 #else
 /* On MinGW, a real termcap library is usually not present.  Stub versions
    of the termcap functions will be built from stub-termcap.c.  Readline