diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
index eee2c11f7666..6947f3f284c0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #ifndef __PERF_AUXTRACE_H
 #define __PERF_AUXTRACE_H
 
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h> // FILE
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>