diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile
index 778b6cdc8aed..d731e3e76d5b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-CFLAGS += -g -I../../../../usr/include/ -pthread -Wall
+CFLAGS += -g $(KHDR_INCLUDES) -pthread -Wall
 
 TEST_GEN_PROGS := pidfd_test pidfd_fdinfo_test pidfd_open_test \
 	pidfd_poll_test pidfd_wait pidfd_getfd_test pidfd_setns_test