diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index c13e6f7d5a2a3c737fe10a978ded28aa305e6313..0f57a48272ab306e7205d79712cc20d28b66994d 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 #define  noinline	__attribute__((noinline))
 
+#define __packed	__attribute__((packed))
+
 #define __noreturn	__attribute__((noreturn))
 
 #define __printf(a, b)	__attribute__((format(printf, a, b)))
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/genelf_debug.c b/tools/perf/util/genelf_debug.c
index 5980f7d256b179f8b22ff23e1b5dab0b6481dcf7..40789d8603d00ea9c088e91b259e7235ae6e6539 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/genelf_debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/genelf_debug.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  * @remark Copyright 2007 OProfile authors
  * @author Philippe Elie
  */
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ struct debug_line_header {
 	 * and filesize, last entry is followed by en empty string.
 	 */
 	/* follow the first program statement */
-} __attribute__((packed));
+} __packed;
 
 /* DWARF 2 spec talk only about one possible compilation unit header while
  * binutils can handle two flavours of dwarf 2, 32 and 64 bits, this is not
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ struct compilation_unit_header {
 	uhalf version;
 	uword debug_abbrev_offset;
 	ubyte pointer_size;
-} __attribute__((packed));
+} __packed;
 
 #define DW_LNS_num_opcode (DW_LNS_set_isa + 1)