diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 5224ade3d5af..92514fb3689f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -779,7 +779,9 @@ endif
 ifndef NO_LIBBPF
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, bpf-headers) \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perf_include_instdir_SQ)/bpf'; \
-		$(INSTALL) include/bpf/*.h -t '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perf_include_instdir_SQ)/bpf'
+		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perf_include_instdir_SQ)/bpf/linux'; \
+		$(INSTALL) include/bpf/*.h -t '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perf_include_instdir_SQ)/bpf'; \
+		$(INSTALL) include/bpf/linux/*.h -t '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perf_include_instdir_SQ)/bpf/linux'
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, bpf-examples) \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perf_examples_instdir_SQ)/bpf'; \
 		$(INSTALL) examples/bpf/*.c -t '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perf_examples_instdir_SQ)/bpf'
diff --git a/tools/perf/include/bpf/linux/socket.h b/tools/perf/include/bpf/linux/socket.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f844568dab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/include/bpf/linux/socket.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_SOCKET_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_SOCKET_H
+
+/*
+ * Desired design of maximum size and alignment (see RFC2553)
+ */
+#define _K_SS_MAXSIZE	128	/* Implementation specific max size */
+#define _K_SS_ALIGNSIZE	(__alignof__ (struct sockaddr *))
+				/* Implementation specific desired alignment */
+
+typedef unsigned short __kernel_sa_family_t;
+
+struct __kernel_sockaddr_storage {
+	__kernel_sa_family_t	ss_family;		/* address family */
+	/* Following field(s) are implementation specific */
+	char		__data[_K_SS_MAXSIZE - sizeof(unsigned short)];
+				/* space to achieve desired size, */
+				/* _SS_MAXSIZE value minus size of ss_family */
+} __attribute__ ((aligned(_K_SS_ALIGNSIZE)));	/* force desired alignment */
+
+#define sockaddr_storage __kernel_sockaddr_storage
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SOCKET_H */