diff --git a/profiling/client/include/IProfilingService.hpp b/profiling/client/include/IProfilingService.hpp
index 21d5c9c..778bdb7 100644
--- a/profiling/client/include/IProfilingService.hpp
+++ b/profiling/client/include/IProfilingService.hpp
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@
 #include "IInitialiseProfilingService.hpp"
 #include "IProfilingServiceStatus.hpp"
 #include "ISendCounterPacket.hpp"
+#include "ISendTimelinePacket.hpp"
 #include "IReportStructure.hpp"
 #include "ProfilingOptions.hpp"
 #include "ProfilingState.hpp"
 
-#include <client/include/backends/IBackendProfilingContext.hpp>
-
 #include <common/include/ICounterRegistry.hpp>
 #include <common/include/Optional.hpp>
 #include <common/include/ProfilingGuidGenerator.hpp>
@@ -28,6 +27,9 @@
 namespace pipe
 {
 
+// forward declaration
+class IBackendProfilingContext;
+
 class IProfilingService : public IProfilingGuidGenerator,
                           public IProfilingServiceStatus,
                           public IReadWriteCounterValues