diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
index 3defad77dc7a..92fd27fe0599 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <strings.h>
 #include <memory.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index ab6528c935a1..4324eb47d214 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 47969aa0faf8..8d64ada5f728 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>