diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 98853162eae9..55d919dc5bc6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 #include <sys/timerfd.h>
 #endif
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 3499d68e1d70..ab19a6ee4093 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "sane_ctype.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 46d3ff09440c..868306ccd8b8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 #include "sane_ctype.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c b/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c
index 8e709c9d512c..e8399beca62b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <util/util.h>
 #include <util/bpf-loader.h>
 #include <util/evlist.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c
index 97c9407d02a0..43519267b93b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/err.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
index d9ffc1e6eb39..984f69144f87 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 #include "cgroup.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 int nr_cgroups;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 120efd85f2c8..ac35cd214feb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index e7fbca69cbac..75f8e0ad5d76 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <api/fd/array.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "event.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 170316795a18..34589c427e52 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include "term.h"
 #include "../perf.h"