diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 247264502fb799cd3bddb9e43b003aad3ed45417..f7c968ad51780760fb5630e35b5091a8b0699826 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -252,10 +252,10 @@ $(OUTPUT)util/pmu.o: $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-flex.c $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-bison.c
 
 LIB_FILE=$(OUTPUT)libperf.a
 
-LIB_H += ../../include/linux/perf_event.h
+LIB_H += ../../include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
 LIB_H += ../../include/linux/rbtree.h
 LIB_H += ../../include/linux/list.h
-LIB_H += ../../include/linux/const.h
+LIB_H += ../../include/uapi/linux/const.h
 LIB_H += ../../include/linux/hash.h
 LIB_H += ../../include/linux/stringify.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/bitmap.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index a89cbbb6180167181111e72a0050f1a44aac8e1d..276287783a03759af243ff3d55c3b848cd357d3f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void get_term_dimensions(struct winsize *ws);
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 
-#include "../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
+#include "../../include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h"
 #include "util/types.h"
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index ffdd94e9c9c3fa0328ac6aa9734d6be6048afb00..618d41140abd368072d9c978f70969233cd70260 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "thread_map.h"
 #include "target.h"
 #include "../../../include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h"
-#include "../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
+#include "../../../include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h"
 #include "perf_regs.h"
 
 #define FD(e, x, y) (*(int *)xyarray__entry(e->fd, x, y))
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 3ead0d59c03d7d2cedc9b8cee73c6214d0004152..6f94d6dea00f4b26efb86533509b4c9dace89737 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include "../../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
+#include "../../../include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h"
 #include "types.h"
 #include "xyarray.h"
 #include "cgroup.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.h b/tools/perf/util/header.h
index 99bdd3abce594ce8c0a9932a7acb0ac1e5a20092..879d215cdac9007c360fbd4862c2e0d3aaa514e3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef __PERF_HEADER_H
 #define __PERF_HEADER_H
 
-#include "../../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
+#include "../../../include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h"
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include "types.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/asm/byteorder.h b/tools/perf/util/include/asm/byteorder.h
index b722abe3a6260a8fc412700c947fcaf3e7f5973a..2a9bdc066307c0f61fc49987cf526900426c1fda 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/asm/byteorder.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/asm/byteorder.h
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #include <asm/types.h>
-#include "../../../../include/linux/swab.h"
+#include "../../../../include/uapi/linux/swab.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/const.h b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/const.h
index 1b476c9ae649581284161e21339255bf3ded408a..c10a35e1afb86e7c15eec1eb122630df66bff060 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/const.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/const.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#include "../../../../include/linux/const.h"
+#include "../../../../include/uapi/linux/const.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index c356e443448dbd0f5521bc7cce1835a400e9dda7..839230ceb18bd918b194d0fc719607445ad7bb00 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include "types.h"
-#include "../../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
+#include "../../../include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h"
 #include "types.h"
 
 struct list_head;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 53c7794fc4be3b409c72dee5687abce438111707..39f3abac77448021daf35d13f5c8fea57538db49 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define __PMU_H
 
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
-#include "../../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
+#include "../../../include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h"
 
 enum {
 	PERF_PMU_FORMAT_VALUE_CONFIG,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.h b/tools/perf/util/session.h
index aab414fbb64b4f0ba3d455153d68cf9b8860e959..dd6426163ba6d70332d03a7aeac1205f59e146d4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include "thread.h"
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
-#include "../../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
+#include "../../../include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h"
 
 struct sample_queue;
 struct ip_callchain;