diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
index 5c9b931b7b66ad97e1899b48cb92557eead44235..634bce9caebd343278e24f6c32ab3569f9bc003d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/* For the CLR_() macros */
+#include <pthread.h>
+
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "thread_map.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
index 265abb12dfffc14fca968fdc948448a7a6e3524a..c8d9592eb142dd08ef4cf216dd67e6e6614996b7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/* For the CPU_* macros */
+#include <pthread.h>
+
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
index 3eb67a977b6ae604bd807b037912edb662fca648..8f2e1de6d0eae93d0bb8de2e12602f9898176136 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/* For the CLR_() macros */
+#include <pthread.h>
+
 #include <sched.h>
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"