diff --git a/headers/os/drivers/bus/USB.h b/headers/os/drivers/bus/USB.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35facac52d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headers/os/drivers/bus/USB.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022, Haiku Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT license.
+ */
+#ifndef _BUS_USB_H
+#define _BUS_USB_H
+
+
+#define USB_DEVICE_ID_ITEM "usb/id"
+#define USB_DEVICE_CLASS "usb/class"
+#define USB_DEVICE_SUBCLASS "usb/subclass"
+#define USB_DEVICE_PROTOCOL "usb/protocol"
+
+
+#endif	/* _BUS_USB_H */
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/usb/usb_private.h b/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/usb/usb_private.h
index 2e8364c961..0af2c8aadf 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/usb/usb_private.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/usb/usb_private.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 
 #include <device_manager.h>
+#include <bus/USB.h>
 
 #include "usbspec_private.h"
 #include <lock.h>
@@ -798,10 +799,6 @@ typedef struct {
 } usb_device_interface;
 
 
-#define USB_DEVICE_ID_ITEM "usb/id"
-#define USB_DEVICE_CLASS "usb/class"
-#define USB_DEVICE_SUBCLASS "usb/subclass"
-#define USB_DEVICE_PROTOCOL "usb/protocol"
 #define USB_DEVICE_MODULE_NAME "bus_managers/usb/device/driver_v1"
 
 #endif // _USB_PRIVATE_H
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/network/ether/usb_ecm/Driver.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/network/ether/usb_ecm/Driver.cpp
index e56ae9d9a7..9832121940 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/network/ether/usb_ecm/Driver.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/network/ether/usb_ecm/Driver.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <lock.h>
 
+#include <bus/USB.h>
+
+
 #include "Driver.h"
 #include "ECMDevice.h"
 
@@ -21,12 +24,6 @@ device_manager_info *gDeviceManager;
 #define USB_ECM_DEVICE_MODULE_NAME "drivers/network/usb_ecm/device_v1"
 #define USB_ECM_DEVICE_ID_GENERATOR	"usb_ecm/device_id"
 
-// TODO: move these to a common header
-#define USB_DEVICE_ID_ITEM "usb/id"
-#define USB_DEVICE_CLASS "usb/class"
-#define USB_DEVICE_SUBCLASS "usb/subclass"
-#define USB_DEVICE_PROTOCOL "usb/protocol"
-
 
 //	#pragma mark - device module API
 
diff --git a/src/apps/devices/DeviceUSB.cpp b/src/apps/devices/DeviceUSB.cpp
index 640b6b5876..507c9b9436 100644
--- a/src/apps/devices/DeviceUSB.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/devices/DeviceUSB.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include <Catalog.h>
+#include <bus/USB.h>
 
 #undef B_TRANSLATION_CONTEXT
 #define B_TRANSLATION_CONTEXT "DeviceUSB"
@@ -22,12 +23,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "usb-utils.h"
 }
 
-// from usb_private.h
-#define USB_DEVICE_CLASS "usb/class"
-#define USB_DEVICE_SUBCLASS "usb/subclass"
-#define USB_DEVICE_PROTOCOL "usb/protocol"
-
-
 
 DeviceUSB::DeviceUSB(Device* parent)
 	:
diff --git a/src/bin/listdev/listdev.cpp b/src/bin/listdev/listdev.cpp
index 6cf7b0edf7..312d4adac4 100644
--- a/src/bin/listdev/listdev.cpp
+++ b/src/bin/listdev/listdev.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <drivers/PCI.h>
 #include <drivers/bus/PCI.h>
 #include <drivers/bus/SCSI.h>
+#include <drivers/bus/USB.h>
 
 extern "C" {
 	#include "dm_wrapper.h"
@@ -38,12 +39,6 @@ int gMode = USER_MODE;
 #define BUS_USB		4
 
 
-// from usb_private.h
-#define USB_DEVICE_CLASS "usb/class"
-#define USB_DEVICE_SUBCLASS "usb/subclass"
-#define USB_DEVICE_PROTOCOL "usb/protocol"
-
-
 static const char *
 get_scsi_device_type(uint8 type)
 {