diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c
index af9a9f2600be..662ecf84a421 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <regex.h>
 
+#include "../../util/debug.h"
 #include "../../util/header.h"
 
 static inline void
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/mem2node.c b/tools/perf/tests/mem2node.c
index 5ec193f7968d..73b2855acaf4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/mem2node.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/mem2node.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 #include <perf/cpumap.h>
 #include "cpumap.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 #include "mem2node.h"
 #include "tests.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
index 8e6c2cbffedc..f5c21184e1fc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "event.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
index 8dbedda7af45..d0c5bbfd91af 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <internal/cpumap.h>
 #include <perf/cpumap.h>
 
 #include "perf.h"
-#include "util/debug.h"
+
+struct cpu_map_data;
 
 struct perf_cpu_map *perf_cpu_map__empty_new(int nr);
 struct perf_cpu_map *cpu_map__new_data(struct cpu_map_data *data);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cputopo.c b/tools/perf/util/cputopo.c
index 4f70155eaf83..1b52402a8923 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cputopo.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cputopo.c
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 #include <perf/cpumap.h>
 
 #include "cputopo.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 #include "env.h"
 
 #define CORE_SIB_FMT \
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/env.c b/tools/perf/util/env.c
index d77912b2b5e7..571efb4f0351 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/env.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/env.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "cpumap.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 #include "env.h"
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem2node.c b/tools/perf/util/mem2node.c
index cacc2fc4dcbd..14fb9e72aeeb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mem2node.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mem2node.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
+#include "debug.h"
 #include "mem2node.h"
 
 struct phys_entry {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index b7da21a7d627..9807be6f09bb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <regex.h>
 #include <perf/cpumap.h>
+#include "debug.h"
 #include "pmu.h"
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/svghelper.c b/tools/perf/util/svghelper.c
index ae6a534a7a80..bbdd87163285 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/svghelper.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/svghelper.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 #include <perf/cpumap.h>