diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 853651a..fe1dcd4f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "asm/bug.h"
 #include "util/mem-events.h"
 #include "util/dump-insn.h"
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/dso-data.c b/tools/perf/tests/dso-data.c
index 46ea2e0..8f08df58 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/dso-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/dso-data.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
index f5b77f5..981d2bf9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "tests.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index a271b48..f0b5b2b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
index 9815a3b..923ea29 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
  */
 #include "util.h"
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "build-id.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
index 9d9ecb2..37b3bb7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 1fc1217..cf457ef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index cdbfe3e..4641174 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include "callchain.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index f3dd1aa..7d84338 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include "term.h"
 #include "../perf.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 64877c6..b9716bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE_SUPPORT
 #include <execinfo.h>
 #endif
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index d4910e4..c0574e2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -82,6 +81,7 @@ static inline void *zalloc(size_t size)
 
 #define zfree(ptr) ({ free(*ptr); *ptr = NULL; })
 
+struct dirent;
 struct strlist;
 
 int mkdir_p(char *path, mode_t mode);