diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
index a90c1260f49e..a14be1cd3d70 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <asm/bug.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 76a88bdeebe4..b093a3c21e40 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
 
 #include "sane_ctype.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/attr.c b/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
index ba87cd529bfc..c19e0da54337 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
index 3a8bf1565493..1f14e7612cbb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
 
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index f5604039cbe4..07d87d2dbee7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  *
  */
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 #include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 28a3acb7b313..915bc4f39482 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "string2.h"
+#include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <byteswap.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 65d42758aadd..2944458b9edf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "ui/progress.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <math.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
 
 static bool hists__filter_entry_by_dso(struct hists *hists,
 				       struct hist_entry *he);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 7d84338b19ee..4f7e42e18f8a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
 #include "term.h"
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index fcad17ce5c19..4e2afd6427cd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>