diff --git a/tools/perf/util/genelf.c b/tools/perf/util/genelf.c
index c1ef805c6a8f4decc9f5c5c613b6b590e8c31581..8a2995ea426f12f2173a294d218e67321b8e30c7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/genelf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/genelf.c
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 #include "genelf.h"
 #include "../util/jitdump.h"
 
+#ifndef NT_GNU_BUILD_ID
+#define NT_GNU_BUILD_ID 3
+#endif
+
 #define JVMTI
 
 #define BUILD_ID_URANDOM /* different uuid for each run */