diff --git a/tools/include/linux/kernel.h b/tools/include/linux/kernel.h
index 4b0673bf52c2..07cfad817d53 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/build_bug.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/math.h>
+#include <linux/panic.h>
 #include <endian.h>
 #include <byteswap.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/panic.h b/tools/include/linux/panic.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9c8f17a41ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/include/linux/panic.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _TOOLS_LINUX_PANIC_H
+#define _TOOLS_LINUX_PANIC_H
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+static inline void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list argp;
+
+	va_start(argp, fmt);
+	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, argp);
+	va_end(argp);
+	exit(-1);
+}
+
+#endif