diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/kvm-stat.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/kvm-stat.c
index 81b531a707bf..c0775c39227f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/kvm-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/kvm-stat.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include "../../../util/kvm-stat.h"
 #include "../../../util/evsel.h"
 #include <asm/svm.h>