diff --git a/net/bpfilter/Makefile b/net/bpfilter/Makefile
index 2af752c8ef5e..3f3cb87c668f 100644
--- a/net/bpfilter/Makefile
+++ b/net/bpfilter/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 hostprogs-y := bpfilter_umh
 bpfilter_umh-objs := main.o
-HOSTCFLAGS += -I. -Itools/include/
+HOSTCFLAGS += -I. -Itools/include/ -Itools/include/uapi
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_BPFILTER_UMH), y)
 # builtin bpfilter_umh should be compiled with -static
 # since rootfs isn't mounted at the time of __init