diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index e7e0b6e306b7c9e3731fb2d84b76934e7d065e82..570a78c706c2da0b8d7afe7046bd79748262362f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -334,6 +334,10 @@ static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_fd(char *bf, size_t size,
 
 #define SCA_FD syscall_arg__scnprintf_fd
 
+#ifndef AT_FDCWD
+#define AT_FDCWD	-100
+#endif
+
 static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_fd_at(char *bf, size_t size,
 					   struct syscall_arg *arg)
 {