diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cf36d5ea43..bb59613ef6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -17215,6 +17215,7 @@
 		cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
+				#include <unistd.h>
 				#include <asm/unistd.h>
 				#include <sys/types.h>
 				#include <string.h>