diff --git a/tools/perf/util/newt.c b/tools/perf/util/newt.c
index ccb7c5bb269e..9338d060ee49 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/newt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/newt.c
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <stdio.h>
 #undef _GNU_SOURCE
-
+/*
+ * slang versions <= 2.0.6 have a "#if HAVE_LONG_LONG" that breaks
+ * the build if it isn't defined. Use the equivalent one that glibc
+ * has on features.h.
+ */
+#include <features.h>
+#ifndef HAVE_LONG_LONG
+#define HAVE_LONG_LONG __GLIBC_HAVE_LONG_LONG
+#endif
 #include <slang.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <newt.h>