diff --git a/include/LightGBM/bin.h b/include/LightGBM/bin.h
index a33fcfa9c45c..5826f2387102 100644
--- a/include/LightGBM/bin.h
+++ b/include/LightGBM/bin.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <LightGBM/utils/common.h>
 #include <LightGBM/utils/file_io.h>
 
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <limits>
 #include <string>
 #include <functional>
diff --git a/include/LightGBM/cuda/cuda_column_data.hpp b/include/LightGBM/cuda/cuda_column_data.hpp
index 314a178859c6..8875cd151d7d 100644
--- a/include/LightGBM/cuda/cuda_column_data.hpp
+++ b/include/LightGBM/cuda/cuda_column_data.hpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <LightGBM/bin.h>
 #include <LightGBM/utils/openmp_wrapper.h>
 
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace LightGBM {
diff --git a/include/LightGBM/cuda/cuda_row_data.hpp b/include/LightGBM/cuda/cuda_row_data.hpp
index 1d4cb2f73b1e..85da72bc083d 100644
--- a/include/LightGBM/cuda/cuda_row_data.hpp
+++ b/include/LightGBM/cuda/cuda_row_data.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <LightGBM/train_share_states.h>
 #include <LightGBM/utils/openmp_wrapper.h>
 
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <vector>
 
 #define COPY_SUBROW_BLOCK_SIZE_ROW_DATA (1024)
diff --git a/include/LightGBM/dataset.h b/include/LightGBM/dataset.h
index ef214b7cd89d..c2a4b62296f2 100644
--- a/include/LightGBM/dataset.h
+++ b/include/LightGBM/dataset.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <LightGBM/utils/random.h>
 #include <LightGBM/utils/text_reader.h>
 
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
 #include <functional>
 #include <map>
diff --git a/include/LightGBM/feature_group.h b/include/LightGBM/feature_group.h
index f13a5fff966f..bcc0388ba507 100644
--- a/include/LightGBM/feature_group.h
+++ b/include/LightGBM/feature_group.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <LightGBM/meta.h>
 #include <LightGBM/utils/random.h>
 
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <memory>
 #include <vector>
diff --git a/include/LightGBM/train_share_states.h b/include/LightGBM/train_share_states.h
index f102668edf70..e4f4e4afea5f 100644
--- a/include/LightGBM/train_share_states.h
+++ b/include/LightGBM/train_share_states.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <LightGBM/utils/threading.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <memory>
 #include <vector>
 
diff --git a/include/LightGBM/tree.h b/include/LightGBM/tree.h
index c28ddd140c48..bc5af621e402 100644
--- a/include/LightGBM/tree.h
+++ b/include/LightGBM/tree.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <LightGBM/dataset.h>
 #include <LightGBM/meta.h>
 
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
 #include <map>
 #include <memory>
diff --git a/src/c_api.cpp b/src/c_api.cpp
index 98748bc9ff2f..cf6577ad5e2c 100644
--- a/src/c_api.cpp
+++ b/src/c_api.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
diff --git a/src/io/cuda/cuda_column_data.cpp b/src/io/cuda/cuda_column_data.cpp
index eb0938c01225..415578847f07 100644
--- a/src/io/cuda/cuda_column_data.cpp
+++ b/src/io/cuda/cuda_column_data.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #include <LightGBM/cuda/cuda_column_data.hpp>
 
+#include <cstdint>
+
 namespace LightGBM {
 
 CUDAColumnData::CUDAColumnData(const data_size_t num_data, const int gpu_device_id) {
diff --git a/src/io/json11.cpp b/src/io/json11.cpp
index 32a9c9d718b7..acd09f9ecb12 100644
--- a/src/io/json11.cpp
+++ b/src/io/json11.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <LightGBM/utils/log.h>
 
 #include <cmath>
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <limits>