diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
index c7bbbe794e65cdd0a41c7235bcee6e9718970876..309a086e2a0bed9f4914571e12e835d14b5a1c3a 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #if !defined(_TRACE_WRITEBACK_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
 #define _TRACE_WRITEBACK_H
 
+#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>