diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 5eb638fd003f..46c0faf6c502 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 44a7aef3911b..0e879097adfb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include "asm/bug.h"
 #include "callchain.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 4f7e42e18f8a..01e779b91c8e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include "term.h"
 #include "../perf.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/top.h b/tools/perf/util/top.h
index b2940c88734a..9bdfb78a9a35 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/top.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/top.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include <termios.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
 struct perf_evlist;
 struct perf_evsel;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 0df20a3973da..c014b2fc22b3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <poll.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 extern char buildid_dir[];