diff --git a/src/api/tcpip.c b/src/api/tcpip.c
index 5ab26584..46fa6029 100644
--- a/src/api/tcpip.c
+++ b/src/api/tcpip.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "lwip/ip.h"
 #include "lwip/pbuf.h"
 #include "lwip/etharp.h"
+#include "netif/ethernet.h"
 
 #define TCPIP_MSG_VAR_REF(name)     API_VAR_REF(name)
 #define TCPIP_MSG_VAR_DECLARE(name) API_VAR_DECLARE(struct tcpip_msg, name)
diff --git a/src/core/ipv4/etharp.c b/src/core/ipv4/etharp.c
index 5481d3bd..2b3e9ca7 100644
--- a/src/core/ipv4/etharp.c
+++ b/src/core/ipv4/etharp.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "lwip/snmp.h"
 #include "lwip/dhcp.h"
 #include "lwip/autoip.h"
+#include "netif/ethernet.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 
diff --git a/src/core/ipv6/ethip6.c b/src/core/ipv6/ethip6.c
index 81a19955..b3a3cafb 100644
--- a/src/core/ipv6/ethip6.c
+++ b/src/core/ipv6/ethip6.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 #include "lwip/inet_chksum.h"
 #include "lwip/netif.h"
 #include "lwip/icmp6.h"
-#include "netif/ethernet.h"
+#include "lwip/prot/ethernet.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 
diff --git a/src/core/netif.c b/src/core/netif.c
index dfc25324..5c194588 100644
--- a/src/core/netif.c
+++ b/src/core/netif.c
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 #endif /* LWIP_NETIF_LOOPBACK_MULTITHREADING */
 #endif /* ENABLE_LOOPBACK */
 
+#include "netif/ethernet.h"
+
 #if LWIP_AUTOIP
 #include "lwip/autoip.h"
 #endif /* LWIP_AUTOIP */
diff --git a/src/include/lwip/etharp.h b/src/include/lwip/etharp.h
index 6c0b2d78..d02f1d41 100644
--- a/src/include/lwip/etharp.h
+++ b/src/include/lwip/etharp.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 #include "lwip/ip4_addr.h"
 #include "lwip/netif.h"
 #include "lwip/ip4.h"
-#include "netif/ethernet.h"
+#include "lwip/prot/ethernet.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/src/include/lwip/prot/ethernet.h b/src/include/lwip/prot/ethernet.h
index 6ebc1008..4d11328d 100644
--- a/src/include/lwip/prot/ethernet.h
+++ b/src/include/lwip/prot/ethernet.h
@@ -126,7 +126,21 @@ PACK_STRUCT_END
 /** IPv6 multicast uses this prefix */
 #define LL_IP6_MULTICAST_ADDR_0 0x33
 #define LL_IP6_MULTICAST_ADDR_1 0x33
-    
+
+/** MEMCPY-like macro to copy to/from struct eth_addr's that are local variables
+ * or known to be 32-bit aligned within the protocol header. */
+#ifndef ETHADDR32_COPY
+#define ETHADDR32_COPY(dst, src)  SMEMCPY(dst, src, ETH_HWADDR_LEN)
+#endif
+
+/** MEMCPY-like macro to copy to/from struct eth_addr's that are no local
+ * variables and known to be 16-bit aligned within the protocol header. */
+#ifndef ETHADDR16_COPY
+#define ETHADDR16_COPY(dst, src)  SMEMCPY(dst, src, ETH_HWADDR_LEN)
+#endif
+ 
+#define eth_addr_cmp(addr1, addr2) (memcmp((addr1)->addr, (addr2)->addr, ETH_HWADDR_LEN) == 0)
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/include/netif/ethernet.h b/src/include/netif/ethernet.h
index 7d41af10..ec961c4d 100644
--- a/src/include/netif/ethernet.h
+++ b/src/include/netif/ethernet.h
@@ -51,18 +51,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-/** MEMCPY-like macro to copy to/from struct eth_addr's that are local variables
- * or known to be 32-bit aligned within the protocol header. */
-#ifndef ETHADDR32_COPY
-#define ETHADDR32_COPY(dst, src)  SMEMCPY(dst, src, ETH_HWADDR_LEN)
-#endif
-
-/** MEMCPY-like macro to copy to/from struct eth_addr's that are no local
- * variables and known to be 16-bit aligned within the protocol header. */
-#ifndef ETHADDR16_COPY
-#define ETHADDR16_COPY(dst, src)  SMEMCPY(dst, src, ETH_HWADDR_LEN)
-#endif
-
 #if LWIP_ARP || LWIP_ETHERNET
 
 /** Define this to 1 and define LWIP_ARP_FILTER_NETIF_FN(pbuf, netif, type)
@@ -77,8 +65,6 @@ extern "C" {
 
 err_t ethernet_input(struct pbuf *p, struct netif *netif);
 
-#define eth_addr_cmp(addr1, addr2) (memcmp((addr1)->addr, (addr2)->addr, ETH_HWADDR_LEN) == 0)
-
 extern const struct eth_addr ethbroadcast, ethzero;
 
 #endif /* LWIP_ARP || LWIP_ETHERNET */