diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/NetworkReporterTest.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/NetworkReporterTest.cpp
index 2d6f8dc4e2c4..5313ba29a2bd 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/NetworkReporterTest.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tests/NetworkReporterTest.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <folly/executors/QueuedImmediateExecutor.h>
 #include <jsinspector-modern/InspectorFlags.h>
+#include <oscompat/OSCompat.h>
 #include <react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.h>
 #include <react/networking/NetworkReporter.h>
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tracing/TraceRecordingState.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tracing/TraceRecordingState.h
index 2a3187c7610a..2206658cf24b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tracing/TraceRecordingState.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector-modern/tracing/TraceRecordingState.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "RuntimeSamplingProfile.h"
 #include "TracingMode.h"
 
-#include <oscompat/OSCompat.h>
 #include <react/timing/primitives.h>
 
 #include <vector>
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/oscompat/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/oscompat/CMakeLists.txt
index 7340b3127751..7b223b0cff22 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/oscompat/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/oscompat/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ file(GLOB oscompat_SRC CONFIGURE_DEPENDS *.cpp)
 add_library(oscompat OBJECT ${oscompat_SRC})
 
 target_include_directories(oscompat PUBLIC .)
+
+target_link_libraries(oscompat
+        react_cxxstableapi)
 target_compile_reactnative_options(oscompat PRIVATE)
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/oscompat/OSCompat.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/oscompat/OSCompat.h
index 2eaf9b50c7bc..b32f2c5dc1a7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/oscompat/OSCompat.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/oscompat/OSCompat.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <react/cxxstableapi/PrivateGuard.h>
+
 #include <cstdint>
 
 namespace facebook::react::oscompat {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/oscompat/React-oscompat.podspec b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/oscompat/React-oscompat.podspec
index 73d033c29a43..6de1e9410cf1 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/oscompat/React-oscompat.podspec
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/oscompat/React-oscompat.podspec
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ else
   source[:tag] = "v#{version}"
 end
 
+header_search_paths = []
+
+if ENV['USE_FRAMEWORKS']
+  header_search_paths << "\"$(PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT)/..\"" # ReactCommon, for <react/cxxstableapi/...>
+end
+
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name                   = "React-oscompat"
   s.version                = version
@@ -26,8 +32,10 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.platforms              = min_supported_versions
   s.source                 = source
   s.source_files           = podspec_sources("*.{cpp,h}", "*.{h}")
-  s.pod_target_xcconfig    = { "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" => "" }
+  s.pod_target_xcconfig    = { "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" => header_search_paths.join(' ') }
   s.header_dir             = "oscompat"
 
+  s.dependency "React-cxxstableapi"
+
   mark_as_react_native_build(s)
 end