diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c
index 63a74c32ddc5d4a00028e7d01b5377d3ef731285..e33ef5bc31c57f08aa40ac682b4ca8931aba7751 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
 #include "../../util/intel-pt.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
index 06bae7023a5103f28b2734075752d871072b2172..950539f9a4f7778d50bdb4110c49a94d764d4596 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
 #include "../../perf.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index a1a97956136f966a8f7240f4838e131232a93da8..d215714f48df5ebb259d8fddf98d2f831dcee513 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
 extern bool test_attr__enabled;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.h b/tools/perf/util/header.h
index 90d4577a92dc60c7f89867e6ff49a0b7577269bf..6d7fe44aadc0da92a88aa76f464cccf8c340ef28 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef __PERF_HEADER_H
 #define __PERF_HEADER_H
 
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.h b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.h
index 760558dcfd1810c432684b7a7cea1f0aacaba677..cae1a9a397222ca4b06a17f5bda0d4aa6774ce5d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #define __PERF_NAMESPACES_H
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>