diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index ca069f893381c3b87081a12abcc3031562b83ab8..5cb002894a17e332eeb4256798770ea6effa6078 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
  * Parse symbolic events/counts passed in as options:
  */
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include "../../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
+#include "types.h"
 
 struct list_head;
 struct perf_evsel;