diff --git a/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/enum_types.hpp b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/enum_types.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f9b0738e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/enum_types.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2024 Tenstorrent AI ULC
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+#pragma once
+
+namespace tt::tt_metal {
+
+enum class Layout { ROW_MAJOR = 0, TILE = 1, INVALID = 2 };
+
+} // namespace tt::tt_metal
diff --git a/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/types.hpp b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/types.hpp
index 45544510e5a..84e9a97b291 100644
--- a/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/types.hpp
+++ b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/types.hpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "tt_metal/tt_stl/concepts.hpp"
 #include "tt_metal/tt_stl/reflection.hpp"
 #include "ttnn/tensor/host_buffer/types.hpp"
+#include "ttnn/cpp/ttnn/tensor/enum_types.hpp"
 
 namespace tt {
 
@@ -24,8 +25,6 @@ namespace tt_metal {
 
 static constexpr std::uint8_t VERSION_ID = 3;
 
-enum class Layout { ROW_MAJOR = 0, TILE = 1, INVALID = 2 };
-
 enum class DataType {
     BFLOAT16 = 0,
     FLOAT32 = 1,