diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.h b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
index e8b18a1f87a494b2c8e62cb92ae10f44278c3340..c6c24c522deaf0cbbef6af3ffd95de706525412d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #ifndef __PERF_DEBUG_H
 #define __PERF_DEBUG_H
 
+#include "event.h"
+
 extern int verbose;
 extern int dump_trace;