diff --git a/tools/perf/util/strbuf.c b/tools/perf/util/strbuf.c
index f95f682aa2b2..817593908d47 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/strbuf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/strbuf.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "debug.h"
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "util.h"
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 
 int prefixcmp(const char *str, const char *prefix)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/strbuf.h b/tools/perf/util/strbuf.h
index 54b409297d4a..b268a6648a5d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/strbuf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/strbuf.h
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 
 extern char strbuf_slopbuf[];
 struct strbuf {