diff --git a/tools/perf/util/color.h b/tools/perf/util/color.h
index 22777b1812ee..01f7bed21c9b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/color.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/color.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #define __PERF_COLOR_H
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
 
 /* "\033[1;38;5;2xx;48;5;2xxm\0" is 23 bytes */
 #define COLOR_MAXLEN 24