diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 9343b7d945bb5cf1be042b182f38151b53db3ca9..c63a3971d7193163d2cc40be6368e59f7672071d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ endif
 ifndef NO_LIBBPF
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, lib) \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perf_include_instdir_SQ)/bpf'
+		$(INSTALL) include/bpf/*.h '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perf_include_instdir_SQ)/bpf'
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, lib) \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perf_examples_instdir_SQ)/bpf'
 		$(INSTALL) examples/bpf/*.c '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perf_examples_instdir_SQ)/bpf'
diff --git a/tools/perf/examples/bpf/empty.c b/tools/perf/examples/bpf/empty.c
index 78754df53ac1d3891235e2180528f3c78dc373a3..86f97763355d718a15147d8f8446b3a4f5aa9e20 100644
--- a/tools/perf/examples/bpf/empty.c
+++ b/tools/perf/examples/bpf/empty.c
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-char _license[] __attribute__((section("license"), used)) = "GPL";
-int _version __attribute__((section("version"), used)) = LINUX_VERSION_CODE;
+#include <bpf.h>
+
+char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
+int _version SEC("version") = LINUX_VERSION_CODE;
diff --git a/tools/perf/include/bpf/bpf.h b/tools/perf/include/bpf/bpf.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..003afcab4e51fec7408d3810865b95a498df912f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/include/bpf/bpf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#ifndef _PERF_BPF_H
+#define _PERF_BPF_H
+#define SEC(NAME) __attribute__((section(NAME),  used))
+#endif /* _PERF_BPF_H */