diff --git a/src/include/override/sys/generate-syscall.py b/src/include/override/sys/generate-syscall.py
index e715bbb157..e5ca972726 100755
--- a/src/include/override/sys/generate-syscall.py
+++ b/src/include/override/sys/generate-syscall.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ HEADER = '''\
  */
 #pragma once
 
-#include_next <sys/syscall.h>
+#include_next <sys/syscall.h>   /* IWYU pragma: export */
 
 #ifdef ARCH_MIPS
 #include <asm/sgidefs.h>