diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugin_cfg80211.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugin_cfg80211.c
index 4592d8438318..ec57d0c1fbc2 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugin_cfg80211.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugin_cfg80211.c
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@
 #include <endian.h>
 #include "event-parse.h"
 
+/*
+ * From glibc endian.h, for older systems where it is not present, e.g.: RHEL5,
+ * Fedora6.
+ */
+#ifndef le16toh
+# if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#  define le16toh(x) (x)
+# else
+#  define le16toh(x) __bswap_16 (x)
+# endif
+#endif
+
+
 static unsigned long long
 process___le16_to_cpup(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned long long *args)
 {