diff --git a/tools/perf/util/genelf.h b/tools/perf/util/genelf.h
index ac638945b4cb..6e202db6c4d9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/genelf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/genelf.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #ifndef __GENELF_H__
 #define __GENELF_H__
 
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+
 /* genelf.c */
 int jit_write_elf(int fd, uint64_t code_addr, const char *sym,
 		  const void *code, int csize, void *debug, int nr_debug_entries,
@@ -73,6 +75,6 @@ int jit_add_debug_info(Elf *e, uint64_t code_addr, void *debug, int nr_debug_ent
 #endif
 
 /* The .text section is directly after the ELF header */
-#define GEN_ELF_TEXT_OFFSET sizeof(Elf_Ehdr)
+#define GEN_ELF_TEXT_OFFSET round_up(sizeof(Elf_Ehdr) + sizeof(Elf_Phdr), 16)
 
 #endif