diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
index 5c9b931b7b66..634bce9caebd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/* For the CLR_() macros */
+#include <pthread.h>
+
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "thread_map.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
index 265abb12dfff..c8d9592eb142 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/* For the CPU_* macros */
+#include <pthread.h>
+
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
index 3eb67a977b6a..8f2e1de6d0ea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/* For the CLR_() macros */
+#include <pthread.h>
+
 #include <sched.h>
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"