diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
index 0135ccf2a00ca516bb54cbb11fb016bf7c53b201..fbc6665c6d53e8f8c9f9caf91e32d48a35277573 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -27,4 +27,12 @@
 # define __weak			__attribute__((weak))
 #endif
 
+#ifndef likely
+# define likely(x)		__builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef unlikely
+# define unlikely(x)		__builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _TOOLS_LINUX_COMPILER_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/MANIFEST b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
index 3170a7ff57822d4277994aca1e0ed01a3f4c5538..285f28f7f82118289da42787a822712e94f8d4e8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/MANIFEST
+++ b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ tools/lib/traceevent
 tools/lib/lk
 tools/lib/symbol/kallsyms.c
 tools/lib/symbol/kallsyms.h
+tools/include/linux/compiler.h
 include/linux/const.h
 include/linux/perf_event.h
 include/linux/rbtree.h