diff --git a/tools/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h b/tools/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0b3cb52fd29dc8dd14104a2776d2ea2db9485f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 ARM Ltd.
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Regents of the University of California
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI_ASM_RISCV_BITSPERLONG_H
+#define _UAPI_ASM_RISCV_BITSPERLONG_H
+
+#define __BITS_PER_LONG (__SIZEOF_POINTER__ * 8)
+
+#include <asm-generic/bitsperlong.h>
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_ASM_RISCV_BITSPERLONG_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h b/tools/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h
index 8dd6aefdafa4f2b8942dbdcc0d456cbb34567024..fd92ce8388fceb2f30b79bff3a5be86f22dc6568 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include "../../arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h"
 #elif defined(__ia64__)
 #include "../../arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h"
+#elif defined(__riscv)
+#include "../../arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h"
 #else
 #include <asm-generic/bitsperlong.h>
 #endif