diff --git a/src/profiling/IPacketBuffer.hpp b/src/profiling/IPacketBuffer.hpp
index b4bd615..c61d232 100644
--- a/src/profiling/IPacketBuffer.hpp
+++ b/src/profiling/IPacketBuffer.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <memory>
+
 namespace armnn
 {
 
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@
     virtual unsigned char* GetWritableData() = 0;
 };
 
+using IPacketBufferPtr = std::unique_ptr<IPacketBuffer>;
+
 } // namespace profiling
 
-} // namespace armnn
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace armnn