diff --git a/tools/vm/Makefile b/tools/vm/Makefile
index 20f6cf04377f..9860622cbb15 100644
--- a/tools/vm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/vm/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Makefile for vm tools
 #
+include ../scripts/Makefile.include
+
 TARGETS=page-types slabinfo page_owner_sort
 
 LIB_DIR = ../lib/api