diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
index 44195514b19e65a5ee0287b48fa0ab25fa44d66f..fa56fde6e8d8036921e8b012bc69ae9afb70581a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
 #include <numa.h>
 #include <numaif.h>
 
+#ifndef RUSAGE_THREAD
+# define RUSAGE_THREAD 1
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Regular printout to the terminal, supressed if -q is specified:
  */