diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index fdb0d1c5c5cf..aaf55444f81b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -7,18 +7,19 @@
 
 #include "metricgroup.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
+#include "evsel.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "pmu.h"
 #include "expr.h"
 #include "rblist.h"
 #include <string.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include "pmu-events/pmu-events.h"
 #include "strlist.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
 struct metric_event *metricgroup__lookup(struct rblist *metric_events,
 					 struct evsel *evsel,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
index 500e828533f8..e5092f6404ae 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 #ifndef METRICGROUP_H
 #define METRICGROUP_H 1
 
-#include "linux/list.h"
-#include "rblist.h"
-#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
-#include "evlist.h"
-#include "strbuf.h"
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/rbtree.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+struct evsel;
+struct option;
+struct rblist;
 
 struct metric_event {
 	struct rb_node nd;