diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index e7840e500715cbeda2ec50ff1d875310b57a2226..fb8578cfa03cec98044a3a9d997c791760961698 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "util/run-command.h"
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/debugfs.h"
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 const char perf_usage_string[] =
 	"perf [--version] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]";
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
index a6d6bc5d716451e9e1df1ce1eca8332cb06390b4..62a6e7a7365d3d2e3ed2cbd8c9afd282438813ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 struct ins;