diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 7814dbb..4390d22 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -487,10 +487,11 @@
 	msg := $(error No libelf.h/libelf found, please install libelf-dev/elfutils-libelf-devel and glibc-dev[el]);
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <libdwarf/dwarf.h>'; echo '\#include <libdwarf/libdwarf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Dwarf_Debug dbg; Dwarf_Error err; Dwarf_Ranges *rng; dwarf_init(0, DW_DLC_READ, 0, 0, &dbg, &err); dwarf_get_ranges(dbg, 0, &rng, 0, 0, &err); return (long)dbg; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -ldwarf -lelf -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
+ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#ifndef _MIPS_SZLONG'; echo '\#define _MIPS_SZLONG 0'; echo '\#endif'; echo '\#include <dwarf.h>'; echo '\#include <libdwarf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Dwarf_Debug dbg; Dwarf_Error err; Dwarf_Ranges *rng; dwarf_init(0, DW_DLC_READ, 0, 0, &dbg, &err); dwarf_get_ranges(dbg, 0, &rng, 0, 0, &err); return (long)dbg; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/libdwarf -ldwarf -lelf -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
 	msg := $(warning No libdwarf.h found or old libdwarf.h found, disables dwarf support. Please install libdwarf-dev/libdwarf-devel >= 20081231);
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBDWARF
 else
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -I/usr/include/libdwarf
 	EXTLIBS += -lelf -ldwarf
 	LIB_OBJS += util/probe-finder.o
 endif