diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mqueue.h b/include/uapi/linux/mqueue.h
index d0a2b8e89813..bbd5116ea739 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/mqueue.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/mqueue.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_MQUEUE_H
 #define _LINUX_MQUEUE_H
 
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
 #define MQ_PRIO_MAX 	32768
 /* per-uid limit of kernel memory used by mqueue, in bytes */
 #define MQ_BYTES_MAX	819200