diff --git a/tools/gpio/gpio-event-mon.c b/tools/gpio/gpio-event-mon.c
index 1c14c259515836..4b36323ea64bb1 100644
--- a/tools/gpio/gpio-event-mon.c
+++ b/tools/gpio/gpio-event-mon.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <linux/gpio.h>
 
 int monitor_device(const char *device_name,