diff --git a/include/linux/ieee802154.h b/include/linux/ieee802154.h
index 205ce4e1ac32..aca228b81464 100644
--- a/include/linux/ieee802154.h
+++ b/include/linux/ieee802154.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <linux/unaligned/memmove.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 
 #define IEEE802154_MTU			127
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ enum {
 
 /* frame control handling */
 #define IEEE802154_FCTL_FTYPE		0x0003
+#define IEEE802154_FCTL_ACKREQ		0x0020
 #define IEEE802154_FCTL_INTRA_PAN	0x0040
 
 #define IEEE802154_FTYPE_DATA		0x0001
@@ -232,6 +235,15 @@ static inline int ieee802154_is_data(__le16 fc)
 		cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_FTYPE_DATA);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ieee802154_is_ackreq - check if acknowledgment request bit is set
+ * @fc: frame control bytes in little-endian byteorder
+ */
+static inline bool ieee802154_is_ackreq(__le16 fc)
+{
+	return fc & cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_FCTL_ACKREQ);
+}
+
 /**
  * ieee802154_is_intra_pan - check if intra pan id communication
  * @fc: frame control bytes in little-endian byteorder