diff --git a/tools/nxstyle.c b/tools/nxstyle.c
index 3d70d575c63..d7ee750cfbc 100644
--- a/tools/nxstyle.c
+++ b/tools/nxstyle.c
@@ -227,6 +227,29 @@ static const char *g_white_prefix[] =
   "tClass",  /* Ref:  arch/tricore/src */
   "tCpu",    /* Ref:  arch/tricore/src */
   "tId",     /* Ref:  arch/tricore/src */
+
+  /* Ref:  apps/system/microros, apps/examples/microros_*
+   * ROS 2 standard message package names and rosidl scalar type names
+   * are generated by upstream rosidl token-pasting macros and cannot
+   * be renamed without breaking the ROS C client API.
+   */
+
+  "std_msgs",            /* std_msgs__msg__Int32, ... */
+  "geometry_msgs",       /* geometry_msgs__msg__Twist, ... */
+  "sensor_msgs",         /* sensor_msgs__msg__Imu, ... */
+  "nav_msgs",            /* nav_msgs__msg__Odometry, ... */
+  "builtin_interfaces",  /* builtin_interfaces__msg__Time, ... */
+  "rcl_interfaces",      /* rcl_interfaces__msg__Log, ... */
+  "Int8",                /* ROSIDL_GET_MSG_TYPE_SUPPORT(_, _, Int8) */
+  "Int16",
+  "Int32",
+  "Int64",
+  "UInt8",
+  "UInt16",
+  "UInt32",
+  "UInt64",
+  "Float32",
+  "Float64",
   NULL
 };