diff --git a/doc/website/release-notes/iceoryx-unreleased.md b/doc/website/release-notes/iceoryx-unreleased.md
index 88f05ce8bd..332c26e31f 100644
--- a/doc/website/release-notes/iceoryx-unreleased.md
+++ b/doc/website/release-notes/iceoryx-unreleased.md
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 - Race condition in `PoshRuntime` during shutdown [#2192](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/2192)
 - Fix wrong memory orders in SpscFiFo [#2167](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/2167)
 - Implement missing copy assignment for expected [#2216](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/2216)
+- Add missing type aliases that conform with STL container types [#2220](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/2220)
 
 **Refactoring:**
 
diff --git a/iceoryx_hoofs/container/include/iox/forward_list.hpp b/iceoryx_hoofs/container/include/iox/forward_list.hpp
index 9492d32430..80453b7f15 100644
--- a/iceoryx_hoofs/container/include/iox/forward_list.hpp
+++ b/iceoryx_hoofs/container/include/iox/forward_list.hpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "iox/assertions.hpp"
 #include "iox/uninitialized_array.hpp"
 
+#include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <iostream>
 
@@ -65,7 +66,11 @@ class forward_list
     using iterator = IteratorBase<false>;
     using const_iterator = IteratorBase<true>;
     using value_type = T;
+    using reference = T&;
+    using const_reference = const T&;
+    using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
     using size_type = decltype(Capacity);
+    using index_type = size_type;
 
     /// @brief constructor for an empty list (of T-types elements)
     forward_list() noexcept;
diff --git a/iceoryx_hoofs/container/include/iox/list.hpp b/iceoryx_hoofs/container/include/iox/list.hpp
index 0742458725..29eec68abe 100644
--- a/iceoryx_hoofs/container/include/iox/list.hpp
+++ b/iceoryx_hoofs/container/include/iox/list.hpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "iox/assertions.hpp"
 #include "iox/uninitialized_array.hpp"
 
+#include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <iostream>
 
@@ -66,7 +67,11 @@ class list
     using iterator = IteratorBase<false>;
     using const_iterator = IteratorBase<true>;
     using value_type = T;
+    using reference = T&;
+    using const_reference = const T&;
+    using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
     using size_type = decltype(Capacity);
+    using index_type = size_type;
 
     /// @brief constructor for an empty list (of T-types elements)
     list() noexcept;
diff --git a/iceoryx_hoofs/container/include/iox/vector.hpp b/iceoryx_hoofs/container/include/iox/vector.hpp
index 30fd55192d..494242ec2d 100644
--- a/iceoryx_hoofs/container/include/iox/vector.hpp
+++ b/iceoryx_hoofs/container/include/iox/vector.hpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "iox/uninitialized_array.hpp"
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
 
 namespace iox
@@ -40,7 +41,12 @@ class vector final
   public:
     using value_type = T;
     using iterator = T*;
+    using reference = T&;
     using const_iterator = const T*;
+    using const_reference = const T&;
+    using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+    using size_type = decltype(Capacity);
+    using index_type = size_type;
 
     /// @brief creates an empty vector
     vector() noexcept = default;
diff --git a/iceoryx_hoofs/vocabulary/include/iox/span.hpp b/iceoryx_hoofs/vocabulary/include/iox/span.hpp
index a1f86afd46..a041770932 100644
--- a/iceoryx_hoofs/vocabulary/include/iox/span.hpp
+++ b/iceoryx_hoofs/vocabulary/include/iox/span.hpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
+#include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <limits>
@@ -224,6 +225,10 @@ class span final : public detail::span_storage<Extent>
     using reference = T&;
     using iterator = span_iterator<T>;
     using reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<iterator>;
+    using const_iterator = const T*;
+    using const_reference = const T&;
+    using size_type = decltype(Extent);
+    using index_type = size_type;
     static constexpr uint64_t extent = Extent;
 
     // constructors, copy, assignment, and destructor