diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/types.h b/tools/include/nolibc/types.h
index fbbc0e68c001b..47a0997d2d74c 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/types.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/types.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "std.h"
 #include <linux/time.h>
+#include <linux/stat.h>
 
 
 /* Only the generic macros and types may be defined here. The arch-specific
@@ -16,7 +17,11 @@
  * the layout of sys_stat_struct must not be defined here.
  */
 
-/* stat flags (WARNING, octal here) */
+/* stat flags (WARNING, octal here). We need to check for an existing
+ * definition because linux/stat.h may omit to define those if it finds
+ * that any glibc header was already included.
+ */
+#if !defined(S_IFMT)
 #define S_IFDIR        0040000
 #define S_IFCHR        0020000
 #define S_IFBLK        0060000
@@ -34,6 +39,22 @@
 #define S_ISLNK(mode)  (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)
 #define S_ISSOCK(mode) (((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFSOCK)
 
+#define S_IRWXU 00700
+#define S_IRUSR 00400
+#define S_IWUSR 00200
+#define S_IXUSR 00100
+
+#define S_IRWXG 00070
+#define S_IRGRP 00040
+#define S_IWGRP 00020
+#define S_IXGRP 00010
+
+#define S_IRWXO 00007
+#define S_IROTH 00004
+#define S_IWOTH 00002
+#define S_IXOTH 00001
+#endif
+
 /* dirent types */
 #define DT_UNKNOWN     0x0
 #define DT_FIFO        0x1