diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
index 9c22249ebf35..2835b07416b7 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
 
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
+#include <limits.h> /* for INT_MAX */
+#endif
+
 /* All structures exposed to userland should be defined such that they
  * have the same layout for 32-bit and 64-bit userland.
  */