diff --git a/include/linux/elf.h b/include/linux/elf.h
index b403516d5c3d75944d45354b1459b9b1f332caa1..60713e6ea2974f926b7cc52b9e2df143805bea32 100644
--- a/include/linux/elf.h
+++ b/include/linux/elf.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include <linux/elf-em.h>
 #include <asm/elf.h>
 
+struct file;
+
 #ifndef elf_read_implies_exec
   /* Executables for which elf_read_implies_exec() returns TRUE will
      have the READ_IMPLIES_EXEC personality flag set automatically.