diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index 7c765624b7ef..01c0aa57ccec 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/aio_abi.h>	/* for aio_context_t */
+#include <linux/unistd.h>
 
 #include <asm/compat.h>
 #include <asm/siginfo.h>