diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..48af2f10a42d00942b5262391f3f576c9856c0e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef _TOOLS_LINUX_COMPILER_H_
+#error "Please don't include <linux/compiler-gcc.h> directly, include <linux/compiler.h> instead."
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Common definitions for all gcc versions go here.
+ */
+#define GCC_VERSION (__GNUC__ * 10000		\
+		     + __GNUC_MINOR__ * 100	\
+		     + __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__)
+
+#if GCC_VERSION >= 70000 && !defined(__CHECKER__)
+# define __fallthrough __attribute__ ((fallthrough))
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
index d94179f94caa0d7d2cfb9d05768f743b3b3dac5f..6326ede9aecef7f6b417f67990894032e79b3f4a 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef _TOOLS_LINUX_COMPILER_H_
 #define _TOOLS_LINUX_COMPILER_H_
 
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#include <linux/compiler-gcc.h>
+#endif
+
 /* Optimization barrier */
 /* The "volatile" is due to gcc bugs */
 #define barrier() __asm__ __volatile__("": : :"memory")
@@ -128,11 +132,7 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
 
 
 #ifndef __fallthrough
-# if defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 7
-#  define __fallthrough __attribute__ ((fallthrough))
-# else
-#  define __fallthrough
-# endif
+# define __fallthrough
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _TOOLS_LINUX_COMPILER_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/MANIFEST b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
index a511e5f31e36185a7e9fd8cb83eed23371cc9002..8672f835ae4eff2659ff314c40bf77d3730b7986 100644
--- a/tools/perf/MANIFEST
+++ b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ tools/include/asm-generic/bitops.h
 tools/include/linux/atomic.h
 tools/include/linux/bitops.h
 tools/include/linux/compiler.h
+tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
 tools/include/linux/coresight-pmu.h
 tools/include/linux/filter.h
 tools/include/linux/hash.h