diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h
index f94f65d429bea..1567a3294c3db 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
 #define MADV_COLD	20		/* deactivate these pages */
 #define MADV_PAGEOUT	21		/* reclaim these pages */
 
+#define MADV_POPULATE_READ	22	/* populate (prefault) page tables readable */
+#define MADV_POPULATE_WRITE	23	/* populate (prefault) page tables writable */
+
 /* compatibility flags */
 #define MAP_FILE	0