diff --git a/tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c b/tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c
index d98c17e19a2b0b8700a4f0ef9486e069dff22ea4..957ffff724286ab60cbfe337514cb1b2a1b9d4b4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@
  */
 
 #define REMOTE_UNWIND_LIBUNWIND
+
+/* Define arch specific functions & regs for libunwind, should be
+ * defined before including "unwind.h"
+ */
 #define LIBUNWIND__ARCH_REG_ID(regnum) libunwind__x86_reg_id(regnum)
+#define LIBUNWIND__ARCH_REG_IP PERF_REG_X86_IP
+#define LIBUNWIND__ARCH_REG_SP PERF_REG_X86_SP
 
 #include "unwind.h"
 #include "debug.h"