2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 0f57a48272ab..bd39b2090ad1 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@
 
 #define __noreturn      __attribute__((noreturn))
 
+#define __aligned(x)    __attribute__((aligned(x)))
 #define __printf(a, b)  __attribute__((format(printf, a, b)))
 #define __scanf(a, b)   __attribute__((format(scanf, a, b)))
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 94cea4398a13..8d601fbdd8d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef __PERF_EVLIST_H
 #define __PERF_EVLIST_H 1
 
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ struct perf_mmap {
         refcount_t       refcnt;
         u64              prev;
         struct auxtrace_mmap auxtrace_mmap;
-        char             event_copy[PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE] __attribute__((aligned(8)));
+        char             event_copy[PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE] __aligned(8);
 };
 
 static inline size_t