diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/devtoolsruntimesettings/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/devtoolsruntimesettings/CMakeLists.txt
index 1585b1dea0e5..f2d83dc92472 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/devtoolsruntimesettings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/devtoolsruntimesettings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ add_library(devtoolsruntimesettings OBJECT ${devtoolsruntimesettings_SRCS})
 
 target_include_directories(devtoolsruntimesettings PUBLIC .)
 
-target_link_libraries(devtoolsruntimesettings jsi react_codegen_rncore)
+target_link_libraries(devtoolsruntimesettings jsi react_codegen_rncore react_cxxstableapi)
 target_compile_reactnative_options(devtoolsruntimesettings PRIVATE)
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/devtoolsruntimesettings/DevToolsRuntimeSettings.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/devtoolsruntimesettings/DevToolsRuntimeSettings.h
index d491f150d055..c5e9b18c5783 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/devtoolsruntimesettings/DevToolsRuntimeSettings.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/devtoolsruntimesettings/DevToolsRuntimeSettings.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <react/cxxstableapi/PrivateGuard.h>
+
 #include <FBReactNativeSpec/FBReactNativeSpecJSI.h>
 
 namespace facebook::react {