diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index 8cc4623afd6f..216bdb223f63 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
 #define cpu_relax()	asm volatile("":::"memory")
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __alpha__
+#include "../../arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h"
+#define rmb()		asm volatile("mb" ::: "memory")
+#define cpu_relax()	asm volatile("" ::: "memory")
+#endif
+
 #include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>